Viscount Boyd of Merton
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Viscount Boyd of Merton, of Merton-in-Penninghame in the County of Wigtown, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1960 for the Conservative
politician and former Secretary of State for the Colonies
, Alan Lennox-Boyd
. the title is held by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1983.
The Hon. Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd
, youngest son of the first Viscount, is also a Conservative politician. The family seat is Ince Castle
, near Saltash
, Cornwall
.
The heir apparent
is the present holder's son Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (b. 1964)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1960 for the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician and former Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....
, Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician.-Background, education and military service:...
. the title is held by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1983.
The Hon. Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd is a British Conservative politician and a son of the 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton.Lennox-Boyd was MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale from 1979 to 1983, and the Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1983 until his defeat by Labour's Geraldine Smith in 1997...
, youngest son of the first Viscount, is also a Conservative politician. The family seat is Ince Castle
Ince Castle
Ince Castle is three miles from Saltash, Cornwall, England. It is not a castle in the conventional sense, but a manor house built of brick. It was built in 1642, at the start of the English Civil War and was captured in 1646. Attached to the house are four three-storey towers with walls 1.2 metres...
, near Saltash
Saltash
Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
.
Viscounts Boyd of Merton (1960)
- Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of MertonAlan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of MertonAlan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician.-Background, education and military service:...
(1904–1983) - Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of MertonSimon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of MertonSimon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton is a British peer, the son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton....
(b. 1939)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (b. 1964)