John Boys may refer to:
Politicians
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John Boys (fl. 1388), MP for
Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)
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John Boys (died 1447) John Boys may refer to:
Politicians
* John Boys (fl. 1388), MP for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)
* John Boys (died 1447), MP for Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency) and Hampshire
* John Boys (died 1612), MP for Canterbury, Sandwich ...
, MP for
Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)
Middlesex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, then of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until abolished in 1885. It returned two memb ...
and Hampshire
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John Boys (died 1612)
John Boys (c. 1535 – 1612), of St. Gregory's, Canterbury, the Middle Temple, London and Betteshanger, Kent, was an English politician and 'Kent's leading lawyer'.
Career
He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sandwich in 1572, Midhurst in 1 ...
, MP for Canterbury, Sandwich and Midhurst
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John Boys (died 1533) John Boys may refer to:
Politicians
* John Boys (fl. 1388), MP for Plympton Erle (UK Parliament constituency)
*John Boys (died 1447), MP for Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency) and Hampshire
*John Boys (died 1612), MP for Canterbury, Sandwich an ...
, MP for
Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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John Boys (Parliamentarian)
John Boys (c. 1607 – 21 October 1678) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1656.
Boys was born at Betteshanger, Kent. the son of Edward Boys. He was educated at Canterbury and Winchester ...
(c. 1607–1678), MP for Kent
Religion
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John Boys (priest)
John Boys (1571–1625) was Dean of Canterbury from 1619 to 1625.Dictionary of National Biography. Leslie Stephen, Ed. 1886. Vol. VI:128–129.
Life
He was descended from an old family who at the beginning of the seventeenth century had no fe ...
(1571–1625), Dean of Canterbury, 1619–1625
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John Boys (bishop)
John Boys (17 January 1900 – 26 December 1972) was a British Anglican bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman from 1951 until 1960.
He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Hatfield College, Durham and, ...
(1897–1965), Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman, 1951–1960
Translators
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John Bois (1560–1643), also spelt John Boys, English translator
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John Boys (classicist)
John Boys (c. 1614–1661) was an English translator of Virgil. Life
John Boys was the son of John Boys (b. 1590) of Hoad Court, Blean, Kent, and nephew of Edward Boys, 1599–1677. His mother was Mary, daughter of Martin Fotherby, bishop of Sal ...
(1614?–1661), English translator of Virgil
Others
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John Boys (Royalist)
Sir John Boys (1607 – 8 October 1664) is best known as the Royalist Governor of Donnington Castle in Berkshire during the English Civil War.
Early life
Boys was born in at Bonnington, near to Goodnestone, in Kent, the eldest son and heir of E ...
(1607–1664), military commander
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John Boys (agriculturalist)
John Boys (1749–1824) was an English agriculturist.
The only son of William Boys and Ann, daughter of William Cooper of Ripple, he was born in November 1749. At Betshanger and afterwards at Each, Kent, he farmed with skill and success, and as a ...
(1749–1824), agriculturist
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John Boys (cricketer) (1856–1883), English cricketer
See also
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John Boyes (disambiguation)
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John Boy and Billy
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