Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Boston of Faversham
Honorific-Suffix:QC
Office:Minister of State for Home Affairs
Term Start:3 January 1979
Term End:4 May 1979
Primeminister:James Callaghan
Predecessor:The Lord Harris of Greenwich
Office2:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start2:1 July 1976
Term End2:23 July 2011
Life Peerage
Office3:Member of Parliament for
Faversham
Term Start3:15 May 1964
Term End3:29 May 1970
Predecessor3:Percy Wells
Successor3:Sir Roger Moate
Birth Date:21 March 1930
Death Date:23 July 2011 (aged 81)
Spouse:Margaret Head (m. 1963)
Alma Mater:King's College, London
Party:Labour

Terence George Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham, (21 March 1930 – 23 July 2011)[1] [2] was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

Boston was born on 21 March 1930, the son of George Boston and his wife, Kate Boston (née Bellati).[3] He was educated at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London. On 4 October 1951, as part of National Service, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer. He was given the service number 2501206. He then began studying at King's College London where he joined the University Air Squadron, and transferred to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, on 3 October 1952. He was promoted to flying officer on 6 April 1954. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1954. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1960. He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 6 April 1960.

Political career

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham at a by-election on 14 May 1964, following the death of the Labour MP Percy Wells. He was re-elected at the general election in October 1964 and again in 1966, but was defeated at the 1970 general election by the Conservative Roger Moate.[4]

Announced in the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, Boston was created a life peer as Baron Boston of Faversham, of Faversham in the County of Kent on 1 July 1976. He served as a deputy speaker of the House of Lords 1991–2008 and twice served as Chairman of Committees, 1994–1997 and 1997–2000.[5]

Personal life

In 1963, Boston married Margaret Head.[6] They did not have any children.[7]

He was a patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission improve the welfare of prisoners through education, health and justice.[8]

From 1980 to 1990, Boston was chairman of TVS, the ITV franchise holder for South and South-East England from 1982 until 1992.[9]

Arms

Escutcheon:Per pale Gules and Azure a lion passant guardant dimidated with a ship's hull Or. On a chief Argent a duck-billed platypus statant Proper between two cats' faces Sable.
Crest:A chapeau Gules turned up Ermine thereon a boar's head couped Azure.
Supporters:Dexter: A lion sejant erect guardant Or; Sinister: A kangaroo guardant Proper. Each resting the exterior foreleg on a fasces erect the axe facing outwards Sable.
Compartment:The whole upon a compartment comprising a grassy mount Vert growing therefrom roses Gules and Argent barbed seeded slipped and leaved Proper.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "F" . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231350/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Fcommons.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . dead . 3 January 2010.
  2. Web site: Profile: Lord Boston of Faversham . 27 July 2011 . Parliament.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227130136/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/terence-boston/27062 . 27 December 2010 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Who Was Who: Boston of Faversham, Baron (Terence George Boston; 21 March 1930–23 July 2011). A & C Black. 18 December 2018. December 2016. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U8166. 978-0-19-954089-1.
  4. News: UK General Election results 1970 . Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources . 3 January 2010.
  5. Web site: House of Lords, Official Website – Death of Lord Boston of Faversham announced. 3 August 2011.
  6. News: Michael. Leapman. Lord Boston of Faversham: Politician, barrister and journalist who served as Speaker of the House of Lords and helped launch TVS. 26 September 2012. The Independent. 8 August 2011.
  7. News: Lord Boston of Faversham. 26 September 2012. The Daily Telegraph. 29 August 2011.
  8. Web site: Our Patrons. African Prisons Project. 26 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120905010859/http://www.africanprisons.org/who-we-are/people/. 5 September 2012. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Lord Boston of Faversham . www.telegraph.co.uk . 29 August 2011 . 3 May 2015.
  10. Book: Debrett's . 2000 . Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage.