Boyle, Edwin, Jr., 1923-1978

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Title: Baron Boyle of Handsworth

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Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, P.C., C.H., was born in 1923, the eldest child of Sir Edward Boyle, a lawyer and prominent member of the Balkan Committee, and of Beatrice (ne Greig). He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. War service in intelligence at Bletchley Park intervened between his school-days and undergraduate career. He went up to Oxford in 1945 and became president of the Oxford Union Society in 1948. He was elected Conservative M.P. for the Handsworth (Birmingham) constituency in November 1950 and retained the seat until he left politics in 1970. He obtained his first government post in 1954 as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Supply and later served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury. Despite resigning over the Suez affair he soon returned to government, rising to cabinet rank and privy counsellor as Minister of Education in 1962. After the Conservative Party's defeat in the October 1964 general election he became opposition spokesman on education and science. In October 1969 he resigned from the shadow cabinet having accepted the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds in succession to Sir Roger Stevens who was due to retire in September 1970. In the dissolution honours list that year he was made a life peer. While at Leeds he served on the Top Salaries Review Body, and was chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals from 1977-1979. He died in September 1981.

From the guide to the Letters and papers of Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, 19--, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)

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referencedIn British Oral Archive of Political and Administrative History (BOAPAH), 1980 British library of political and economic science
creatorOf JOHN AMIS CORRESPONDENCE: letters, principally from musicians but with some literary and other figures, to John Amis; 1942-1991, n.d. Correspondents include Sir Michael Tippett (25 letters), Luigi Nono (4), Dmitrii Shostakovich (2) and Dame Edith Sit..., 1942-1991 British Library
creatorOf BOULT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 253+185*+44*). Granville Bantock, Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Walter Damrosch, Walford Davies, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Myra Hess, Gervase Elwes, George Henschel, Gustav Holst, John Irelan... British Library
creatorOf Letters and papers of Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, 19-- GB 206 Leeds University Library
creatorOf BOULT PAPERS: (SERIES II) Vol. xii. General correspondence; 1977.ff. 144. Overall size 330 x 217mm.includes:f. 1 David Davies, of the Montgomery County Festival: Letter to Sir A. C. Boult: 1977: Autogr.ff. 3-4, 108 Beresford King-Smith, concert m..., 1977 British Library
creatorOf Second Supplementary Harrod Papers. Vol. ix (ff. 408). Party political campaigns; 1945-[1959?], n.d. Partly printed. See also 72747, correspondence concerning the publication of 'A Liberal Plan for Peace'.includes:ff. 1-104v Liberal Party: Correspond..., 1945-1959 British Library
creatorOf 1. Concert programmes and press cuttings of d’Arányi; 1915-62, n.d; – 2. Letters to Adila Fachiri; 1916-62, n.d. Consisting mainly of letters of engagement for school concerts.Part 2: ff. 64. Largest size 252 x 203mm.includes:f. 1 Ralli Brothers; s..., 1915-1962 British Library
referencedIn Child, William, b. 1834. Boyle, Edward. Godfrey Memorial Library
creatorOf Correspondence, papers and press cuttings relating to The Bodley Head and Penguin Books. Includes correspondence and papers relating to the acquisition of Penguin by the Longman Group and a possible merger of the two companies in 1969-1970. Correspon..., 1967-1986 British Library
creatorOf ROYAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION PAPERS. Vol. xxxiii (ff. 303). Blume – Byard.includes:ff. 1-21 Dr Friedrich Blume, musicologist: Letters to Royal Musical Association: 1955-1959: Partly Germ: Partly signed.f. 22 F Bolton & Co. Ltd; London: Letter to Roy... British Library
creatorOf Vol. xxxix. (ff. 219). 1950-1956.includes:f. 2 Ernest Fraser Jacob, historian: Letters to Sir Roy Forbes Harrod from Ernest Fraser Jacob: 1920-1959, n.d.ff. 5, 27 Russell Cornell Leffingwell, of Wall Street, New York: Letters to Sir R. F. Harrod ..., 1950-1956 British Library
referencedIn Max Reinhardt papers, 1899-2006 British Library: Western Manuscripts
referencedIn Additional papers of Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, ca.1960-1981 GB 206 Leeds University Library
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associatedWith Boyle Beatrice Lady d. 1961 person
associatedWith Boyle Edward Sir 1878-1945 person
associatedWith Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle, Baron, 1923-1981 person
associatedWith British Oral Archive of Political and Administrative History (BOAPAH) person
associatedWith Child, William, b. 1834. person
associatedWith University of Leeds History 20th century corporateBody
associatedWith Vaizey John 1929-1984 person
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Birth 1923-09-27

Death 1981-09-28

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