Leslie Boyce

Sir Harold Leslie Boyce, 1st Baronet

KStJ (9 July 1895 – 30 May 1955) was an Australian-born British Conservative Party politician

.

Boyce was born in

10th Battalion. In July 1916, he was wounded at Pozières and invalided back to Adelaide

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After the war he eventually settled in

County of Gloucester.^[3]

Boyce was also the President of Gloucester City Football Club from 1937 to 1949.

Boyce married Maybery Browse Bevan, daughter of Edwin Philip Bevan, in 1926. They had three sons; Richard, Charles and John. He died in May 1955, aged 59, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Richard. The baronetcy is currently held by Richard's son, Robert Boyce.

Lady Maybery Boyce died in 1978.

Notes

^ Walsh, G. P., "Boyce, Sir Harold Leslie (1895–1955)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 21 April 2022
^ "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1944. p. 2586.
^ "No. 39711". The London Gazette. 5 December 1952. p. 6416.

References

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, ^{[page needed]}
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.^{[unreliable source]}
Biography

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Leslie Boyce

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Nockells Horlick	Member of Parliament for Gloucester 1929–1945	Succeeded by Moss Turner-Samuels
Political offices
Preceded by Denys Lowson	Lord Mayor of London 1951–1952	Succeeded by Rupert de la Bère
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Badgeworth) 1952–1955	Succeeded by Richard Leslie Boyce

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[1] Walsh, G. P., "Boyce, Sir Harold Leslie (1895–1955)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 21 April 2022

[2] "No. 36544". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1944. p. 2586.

[3] "No. 39711". The London Gazette. 5 December 1952. p. 6416.

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