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Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton

The Viscount Boyd of Merton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
8 March 1983 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
Born
Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd

(1939-12-07) 7 December 1939 (age 85)
Political partyCrossbench

Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton (born 7 December 1939), is a British hereditary peer and former member of the House of Lords.

Family

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The son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, Lord Boyd was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1962, with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1966 with a Master of Arts. He was deputy chairman of Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1981 and 1986.

Lord Boyd of Merton married Alice Mary Clive (born 24 March 1942), daughter of the writer Lady Mary Clive, on 24 July 1962. They had four children:

Lord Boyd of Merton lived at Ince Castle in Cornwall until 2018, when it was sold.

Arms

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Coat of arms of Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton
Crest
A dexter hand erect in pale having two fingers turned in and the rest pointing upwards Proper the wrist habited in a close sleeve Azure with cuff chequy Argent and Gules.
Escutcheon
Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between an abbatical mitre simplex of the second filleted of the third in chief and in base a rose of the second seeded Vert and barbed of the third.
Supporters
Two squirrels Proper having collars chequy Argent and Gules [1]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Boyd of Merton
1983–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1983–1999)
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Benjamin Lennox-Boyd