Harold James Boyden (19 October 1910 – 26 September 1993) was a British Labour Party politician. Boyden was educated at Tiffin Boys' School,

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, and

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."Obituary: James Boyden"
Walter Bunn,

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, 7 October 1993. He became a barrister, called to the bar by

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in 1947 and became Director of Extramural Studies at

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from 1947 to 1959, serving as chair of the National Institute for

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from 1957 to 1960. Boyden was a councillor on Durham County Council from 1952 to 1960, and a member of the executive of the

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. Boyden was

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for

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from 1959 to 1979, preceding Derek Foster. Boyden was a junior minister for Education and Science from 1964 to 1965, Parliamentary Secretary for Public Building and Works from 1965 to 1967, and junior minister for Defence from 1967 to 1969.

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*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1910 births 1993 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in County Durham Alumni of King's College London Academics of Durham University UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 People educated at Tiffin School Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub