Mark Lennox-Boyd
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Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd | |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 24 July 1990 – 20 July 1994 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Tim Sainsbury |
| Succeeded by | Liam Fox (1996) |
| Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale Morecambe and Lonsdale (1979–1983) | |
| In office 3 May 1979 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Hall-Davis |
| Succeeded by | Geraldine Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd 4 May 1943 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Arabella Parisi |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | |
Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd (born 4 May 1943) is a British Conservative politician.
Early life and education
[edit]Lennox-Boyd was born in 1943, the third and youngest son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton and his wife Lady Patricia Guinness, daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh. His eldest brother is Simon Lennox-Boyd, 2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton.
He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford from which he graduated with a BA in 1964 and an MA in 1965. He was called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1968.[1]
Political career
[edit]Lennox-Boyd contested Brent South in October 1974, being defeated by Labour's Laurie Pavitt.
He was MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale from 1979 to 1983, and the (slightly renamed) Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1983 until his defeat by Labour's Geraldine Smith in 1997. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Energy from 1981 to 1983, PPS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983 to 1984, Assistant government whip from 1984 to 1986; a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (Government whip) from 1986 to 1988, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990, and as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1990 to 1994.
Lennox-Boyd was knighted in 1994.[2]
After Parliament
[edit]Lennox-Boyd is a member of the Court of the Fishmongers' company, Prime Warden 1998–99, and served as chairman of the company's Education and Grants committee 2010–15. He is a trustee of the Georgian Group, and was chairman between 2014 and 2015. He is a Patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families, and Patron of the British Sundial Society.[citation needed]
Marriage and children
[edit]Lennox-Boyd married Arabella Parisi (born 1938) on 29 June 1974. Lady Lennox-Boyd was born in Italy, but left to settle in England where she later undertook a course in Landscape Architecture at Thames Polytechnic, now part of the University of Greenwich.
They have one daughter:
- Patricia Irene Lennox-Boyd (born 13 August 1980)
Lady Lennox-Boyd also has a daughter, Dominique, from a previous marriage.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- ^ UK Parliament, Hansard, Mr Mark Lennox-Boyd, 1994 (became Sir Mark between July and December 1994)
- ^ Patrick Beauclerk Dewar, Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain, Burke's Peerage, 2001, page 88
- "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1997 edition.
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