Rhodes Boyson
| The Right Honourable Sir Rhodes Boyson |
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| Minister of State for Local Government | |
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In office 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Hon. William Waldegrave |
| Succeeded by | Michael Howard |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 11 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | William Murray (The Earl of Mansfield) |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Scott |
| Minister of State for Social Security (Minister for the Disabled) | |
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In office 13 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Hugh Rossi |
| Succeeded by | Tony Newton |
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department of Education and Science |
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In office 7 May 1979 – 12 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Bob Dunn |
| Member of Parliament for Brent North |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | (new constituency) |
| Succeeded by | Barry Gardiner |
| Personal details | |
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11 May 1925 Haslingden, Lancashire, UK |
| Died | 28 August 2012 (aged 87) Harefield, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Violet Burleston (m. 1946-1971, divorced); (2) Florette MacFarlane |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
Sir Rhodes Boyson (11 May 1925 – 28 August 2012) was a British educator, author and politician; Conservative Member of Parliament for Brent North. He was knighted and made a member of the Privy Council in 1987.
Born in Haslingden, Lancashire, the son of Alderman William Boyson MBE JP, Rhodes Boyson was educated at Haslingden Grammar School, University College Cardiff, the University of Manchester, the London School of Economics and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
He was awarded a PhD in 1967 by London University, his thesis being on Henry Ashworth, a Victorian Lancashire cotton manufacturer, brother-in-law of Richard Cobden and a Radical campaigner who also had a reputation as a model employer. It was published in 1970 by Oxford University Press as The Ashworth Cotton Enterprise. The Rise and Fall of a Factory Firm. 1818-1880.
Called up towards the end of the Second World War, Boyson served with the Royal Navy, based in India at the time of Independence, and from his late 20s he was a Methodist lay preacher.
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