Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton (born 7 December 1939) is a
British peer
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Family
The son of
Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL (18 November 1904 – 8 March 1983), was a British Conservative politician.
Background, education and military service
Lennox-Boyd was the son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd by his ...
, Lord Boyd was educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
Eton may also refer to:
Places
*Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England
* Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States
* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
and graduated from
Christ Church, Oxford
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in 1962, with a
Bachelor of Arts
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and in 1966 with a
Master of Arts
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. He was deputy chairman of
Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1981 and 1986.
Lord Boyd of Merton married Alice Mary Clive (born March 24, 1942), daughter of the writer
Lady Mary Clive, on 24 July 1962. They had four children:
*Hon. Charlotte Mary Lennox-Boyd (b. 16 April 1963), married
Charles Mitchell Charles Mitchell may refer to:
* Charles Mitchell (footballer), British soccer player
* Charles Mitchell (academic) (born 1965), professor of law at University College, London
* Charles Mitchell (American football) (born 1989), American football pl ...
in 1992 and had issue;
*Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (b. 21 October 1964), married Shelia Mary Margaret Williams in 1993 and had issue. He is the heir apparent to the present holder's viscountcy and his son Alan George Simon Lennox-Boyd (b. 11 March 1993) is the heir's heir apparent who is named after his great-grandfather.
*Hon. Edward George Lennox-Boyd (b. 30 March 1968), married Tamsin Hichens in 1994 and had issue. He changed his name by
Deed poll
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Et ...
to Edward George Clive on 24 November 1999;
*Hon. Philippa Patricia Lennox-Boyd (b. 12 March 1970), married Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens, in 1998 and had issue.
Lord Boyd of Merton lived at
Ince Castle in
Cornwall
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until 2018, when it was sold.
Arms
References
Person page Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton- Website thePeerage.com
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Burke's Peerage
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Who's Who 2009
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External links
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1939 births
Living people
People educated at Eton College
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Boyd of Merton