Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Glasgow
DL
Coronet of a British Earl.svg
Coats of Arms of Earl of Glasgow
Born 30 July 1939
Title Earl of Glasgow
Residence Kelburn Castle
Spouse(s) Isabel James
Parents David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow
Dorothea Lyle
Occupation Politician

Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow, DL (born 30 July 1939) is a British 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

The son of the 9th Earl of Glasgow and Dorothea Lyle, he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire and at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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.[2] They have Three children:

  • Lady Alice Dorothy Boyle
  • David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount Kelburn
  • Brandon Phillip Boyle (b. 1978)[3]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer
2004–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Earl of Glasgow
1984–present		 Incumbent

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  1. ↑ Sophia Money-Coutts, The Future of Scotland?, Tatler, 8th December 2014
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