Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton

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.

The Right Honourable The Viscount Boyd of Merton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 8 March 1983 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Simon Donald Rupert Neville Lennox-Boyd (1939-12-07) 7 December 1939
Political party	Crossbench

Family

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:

• Hon. Charlotte Mary Lennox-Boyd (b. 16 April 1963), married Charles Mitchell 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 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 until 2018, when it was sold.

Arms

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

References

• Person page Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton - Website thePeerage.com
• Burke's Peerage
• Who's Who 2009

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Boyd of Merton