George Irby, 6th Baron Boston
George Florance Irby, 6th Baron Boston (6 September 1860 – 16 September 1941) was a British scientist and Conservative politician.[1]
Boston was the eldest son of Florance George Henry Irby, 5th Baron Boston, and his wife Augusta Caroline (née Saumarez), and was educated at
Doctorate of Law (LL.D.) by the University of Wales, Bangor for his services to culture. He also served as a deputy lieutenant of Anglesey
.
Lord Boston married his first cousin once removed Cecilia Constance, daughter of Augustus Anthony Frederick Irby, in 1890. The marriage was childless. She died in January 1938, aged 67. Lord Boston survived her by three years and died in September 1941, aged 81.[3] He was succeeded in the barony by his nephew Greville.
References
- ^ Emyr Gwynne Jones (2001). "Irby, George Florance 6th Baron Boston (1860-1941), landowner and scientist". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ Records of Buckinghamshire. James Pickburn. 1996. p. 119.
- ^ Vacher's Parliamentary Companion, Issues 816–825. A.S. Kerswill. 1941. p. 40.