Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow

British politician (born 1939)

The Right Honourable The Earl of Glasgow DL


Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 28 February 1990 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 9th Earl of Glasgow
Succeeded by	Seat abolished ^[a]
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 17 January 2005
Preceded by	The Earl Russell

Personal details
Born	(1939-07-30) 30 July 1939 (age 84)
Political party	Liberal Democrat
Spouse	Isabel James (m. 1974)
Children	David Boyle, Viscount Kelburn Lady Alice Boyle
Parent(s)	David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow Dorothea Lyle
Education	Eton College University of Paris
Occupation	Politician, peer

Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, DL (born 30 July 1939), is a Scottish peer, politician and the current chief of Clan Boyle. The family seat is Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire. He currently sits as a Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords.^[1]

Early life

He was born to the 9th Earl of Glasgow and his first wife Dorothea Lyle. He was educated at Ludgrove School and then Eton College, where he was elected a member of Pop.^[2] He attended the Sorbonne in Paris for his university studies.

Career

In 1960, he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, receiving the rank of sub-lieutenant. He subsequently worked as an assistant director in films and as a television documentary producer, he founded Kelburn Country Centre in 1977.

He succeeded to his father's titles in 1984, and became a deputy lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran in 1995. He was elected in 2005 to succeed the 5th Earl Russell as one of the 92 hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.

Personal life

He married Isabel James, daughter of George Douglas James, on 30 November 1974.^[3] They have two children:

David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount Kelburn (born 15 October 1978)
Lady Alice Dorothy Boyle (born 10 June 1981)^[4]

Notes

^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ Sophia Money-Coutts, The Future of Scotland?, Tatler, 8 December 2014.
^ Barber, Richard (2004). The Story of Ludgrove. Oxford: Guidon Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 0-9543617-2-5.
^ "Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, DL". Boyle Family.net. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
^ "Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, DL, 10th Earl of Glasgow". boyle.family.btinternet.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Glasgow

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by David Boyle	Earl of Glasgow 1984–present Member of the House of Lords (1984–1999)	Incumbent Heir apparent: David Boyle, Viscount Kelburn
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Earl Russell	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 2005–present	Incumbent

Current earls in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

Sorted by (historical) entity at time of grant

England

Scotland

Great
Britain

Ireland

Kingdom of Ireland	Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 22nd Earl of Waterford John Boyle, 15th Earl of Cork William Anthony Nugent, 13th Earl of Westmeath John Brabazon, 15th Earl of Meath Alexander Feilding, 11th Earl of Desmond Roger Lambart, 13th Earl of Cavan John Boyle, 15th Earl of Orrery Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda Peter Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard Ivo Bligh, 12th Earl of Darnley Myles Ponsonby, 12th Earl of Bessborough Thomas Butler, 11th Earl of Carrick Henry Boyle, 10th Earl of Shannon Arthur Gore, 9th Earl of Arran Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown John Savile, 8th Earl of Mexborough David Turnour, 8th Earl Winterton Robert King-Tenison, 12th Earl of Kingston Robert Jocelyn, 10th Earl of Roden David Vaughan, 9th Earl of Lisburne Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam Randal McDonnell, 10th Earl of Antrim Thomas Pakenham, 8th Earl of Longford George Dawson-Damer, 7th Earl of Portarlington Charles Bourke, 11th Earl of Mayo Michael Annesley, 12th Earl Annesley Andrew Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen John Crichton, 7th Earl Erne George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore Andrew Stuart, 9th Earl Castle Stewart Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore
After 1801	Edmund Pery, 7th Earl of Limerick Nicholas Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse Charles Acheson, 7th Earl of Gosford Shaun Agar, 6th Earl of Normanton Richard Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey Francis Hare, 6th Earl of Listowel Richard Graham-Toler, 7th Earl of Norbury Edward Knox, 8th Earl of Ranfurly

Kingdom of Ireland

After 1801

United
Kingdom

King George III	Peter St Clair-Erskine, 7th Earl of Rosslyn Benjamin Craven, 9th Earl of Craven Rupert Onslow, 8th Earl of Onslow Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romney John Pelham, 9th Earl of Chichester Francis Grosvenor, 8th Earl of Wilton John Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis Simon Nelson, 10th Earl Nelson Philip Kent Grey, 7th Earl Grey William Lowther, 9th Earl of Lonsdale Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby
Prince Regent	David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 7th Earl of Minto Charles Cathcart, 7th Earl Cathcart John Grimston, 7th Earl of Verulam Albert Eliot, 11th Earl of St Germans Mark Parker, 7th Earl of Morley Richard Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford
King George IV	John Scott, 6th Earl of Eldon Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe Keith Rous, 6th Earl of Stradbroke James Temple-Gore-Langton, 9th Earl Temple of Stowe Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor
King William IV	Thomas Anson, 6th Earl of Lichfield Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville Edward Howard, 8th Earl of Effingham David Moreton, 7th Earl of Ducie Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough
Queen Victoria	Thomas Coke, 8th Earl of Leicester Anthony Noel, 6th Earl of Gainsborough William Byng, 9th Earl of Strafford Mark Pepys, 9th Earl of Cottenham Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley David Ward, 5th Earl of Dudley Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Winton John Russell, 7th Earl Russell John Mackenzie, 5th Earl of Cromartie John Wodehouse, 5th Earl of Kimberley Richard Wortley, 5th Earl of Wharncliffe Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton William Palmer, 5th Earl of Selborne John Northcote, 5th Earl of Iddesleigh Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 5th Earl of Cranbrook
King Edward VII	Evelyn Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer Ivor Windsor-Clive, 4th Earl of Plymouth Edward Foljambe, 5th Earl of Liverpool
King George V	Neil Primrose, 3rd Earl of Midlothian Michael Hicks Beach, 3rd Earl St Aldwyn David Beatty, 3rd Earl Beatty Alexander Haig, 3rd Earl Haig Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh Roderick Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith Patrick Jellicoe, 3rd Earl Jellicoe Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
King George VI	Simon Bowes-Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne Benedict Baldwin, 5th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax Brer Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie David Lloyd George, 4th Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor Norton Knatchbull, 3rd Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Queen Elizabeth II	Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis Mark Cunliffe-Lister, 4th Earl of Swinton John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee Simon Marquis, 3rd Earl of Woolton David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton

Italics in entries mean the peer also holds a previously listed earldom of higher precedence

v t e Current Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords
Hereditary peers	Addington Glasgow Russell Thurso
Life peers	Alderdice Allan of Hallam Alliance Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville Barker Beith Benjamin Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Bowles of Berkhamsted Bradshaw Brinton Bruce of Bennachie Burnett Burt of Solihull Campbell of Pittenweem Clement-Jones Dholakia Doocey Featherstone Foster of Bath Fox Garden of Frognal German Goddard of Stockport Grender Hamwee Harris of Richmond Humphreys Hussain Hussein-Ece Janke Jolly Kramer Lee of Trafford Ludford Marks of Henley-on-Thames McNally Miller of Chilthorne Domer Newby Northover Oates Palmer of Childs Hill Palumbo of Southwark Parminter Pinnock Purvis Randerson Razzall Redesdale Rennard Roberts of Llandudno Scott of Needham Market Scriven Sharkey Sheehan Shipley Smith of Newnham Stephen Stoneham of Droxford Storey Strasburger Suttie Taverne Taylor of Goss Moor Teverson Thomas of Gresford Thomas of Winchester Thornhill Tope Tyler of Enfield Verjee Wallace of Saltaire Wallace of Tankerness Walmsley Willis of Knaresborough Wrigglesworth

Current Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords

Hereditary peers

Life peers