Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 10th Viscount Boyne
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
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54066. p. 4. 16 June 1995. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
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| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire 1994–1995 |
Succeeded by Sir Algernon Eustace Heber-Percy |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| Preceded by | Viscount Boyne 1942–1995 |
Succeeded by Gustavus Hamilton-Russell |
- 1931 births
- 1995 deaths
- Alumni of the Royal Agricultural University
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Knights of the Order of St John
- Lord-Lieutenants of Shropshire
- People educated at Eton College
- Viscounts in the Peerage of Ireland
- Grenadier Guards officers
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
