The Viscount Boyd of Merton | |
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Secretary of State for the Colonies | |
In office 28 July 1954 – 14 October 1959 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Oliver Lyttelton |
Succeeded by | Iain Macleod |
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation | |
In office 7 May 1952 – 28 July 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | John Maclay |
Succeeded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
Minister of State for the Colonies | |
In office 2 November 1951 – 7 May 1952 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | John Dugdale |
Succeeded by | Henry Hopkinson |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 8 September 1960 – 8 March 1983 Hereditary peerage | |
Preceded by | Peerage created |
Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton |
Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire | |
In office 27 October 1931 – 8 September 1960 | |
Preceded by | Milner Gray |
Succeeded by | Stephen Hastings |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 November 1904 |
Died | 8 March 1983 | (aged 78)
Resting place | Church of St Stephen, Saltash, Cornwall |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Education | Sherborne School |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL (18 November 1904 – 8 March 1983), was a British Conservative politician.
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