Gustavus Michael George Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne KCVO, JP (10 December 1931 – 14 December 1995)[1] was an Irish peer, soldier and banker.
Background[]
He was the son of Hon. Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton-Russell, oldest son of Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne, and his wife Joan Verena Lloyd-Verney (1908–1938), only daughter of Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney by his wife Lady Joan Cuffe, elder daughter of Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart.[2]
His father having died of wounds received at the Western Front in 1940,[3] he succeeded his grandfather as viscount two years later.[4] He was educated at Eton College and went then to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[4] He studied later at the Royal Agricultural College.[2]
Career[]
Boyne was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1952 and retired as lieutenant.[4] In 1961, he was nominated Justice of the Peace for Shropshire and in 1965, a Deputy Lieutenant for the same county.[2] He became director of the National Westminster Bank in 1976, leaving in 1990.[2] Boyne was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in 1981[5] and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire in 1994,[6] holding both posts until his death in 1995.[2] Boyne was a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John, and in the latter year he was also awarded a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[7]
Family[]
On 11 April 1956, he married Rosemary Anne Stucley, second daughter of Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet.[2] They had three daughters and a son.[2] Boyne died aged 64, only days after his birthday and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son Gustavus.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB4.htm. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "ThePeerage - Gustavus Michael George Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne". http://thepeerage.com/p3321.htm#i33203. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ↑ "Blue Blood in Flanders". 17 June 1940. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,789876-1,00.html. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Who is Who 1963. London: Adam & Charles Black Ltd.. 1963. pp. 380.
- ↑ "No. 48669". 3 July 1981. p. 8903. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48669/page/8903
- ↑ "Institute of Historical Research - Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) 1974-". http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_engw.html#ii. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ↑ "No. 54066". 16 June 1995. p. 4. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54066/supplement/4
External links[]
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