The Boyce Baronetcy, of
Badgeworth in the
County of Gloucester
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The county town is the city of Glouce ...
, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 November 1952 for the
Australia-born
Conservative
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politician
Leslie Boyce.
He represented
Gloucester
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in the
House of Commons
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from 1929 to 1945. the title is now held by his grandson, the third Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1968.
Boyce baronets, of Badgeworth (1952)
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Sir (Harold) Leslie Boyce, 1st Baronet (1895–1955)
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Sir Richard Leslie Boyce, 2nd Baronet (1929–1968)
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Sir Robert Charles Leslie Boyce, 3rd Baronet (born 1962)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Thomas Leslie Boyce (born 1993).
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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