Viscount Boyd of Merton

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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. since 2017Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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, was also a Conservative politician.

The family seat was formerly Ince Castle, near Saltash in Cornwall.

Viscount Boyd of Merton (1960)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (born 1964).
The heir apparent's heir-in-line is his son Alan George Simon Lennox-Boyd (born 1993).
Arthur Rupert George Lennox-Boyd (born 2021), son of Alan George Lennox-Boyd, is his father's heir.

Line of succession

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Arms

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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]

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References

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  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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