Background
BOYD-CARPENTER, John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter was born on June 2, 1908 in Harrogate, United Kingdom. Parents: the late Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter and Annie Boyd-Carpenter (née Dugdale).
BOYD-CARPENTER, John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter was born on June 2, 1908 in Harrogate, United Kingdom. Parents: the late Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter and Annie Boyd-Carpenter (née Dugdale).
Stowe School; Balliol College, Oxford, Bachelor of Arts, history. Diploma in economics, 1931. Spoken languages: French, Italian.
President Oxford Union Society 1930. Called to Bar 1934; practised South.E. Circuit. Joined Scots Guards 1939, served until 1945.
Member of Parliament 1945-1972.
Financial Secretary to Treasury 1951-1954. Privy Councillor 1954.
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation 1954-1955, of Pensions and National Insurance 1955-1962, Chief Secretary to Treasury and Paymaster-General 1962-1964. Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Housing and Land 1964-1966.
Chairman Public Accounts Committee House of Commons 1964-1970, Local Government Advisory Committee of Conservative Greater London Area Organization 1968.
Director Orion insurance Company 1967, 1972, Chairman 1969-1972, C.L.R.P. Investment Trust 1967, Chairman 1970-1972, Life Association of Scotland 1970-1972. Director Rugby Portland Cement Company 1971-1984, Chairman 1977-1984. Director Bell Group Institute 1982-1988.
He.vlesbury (United Kingdom) since 1988.
Chairman United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority 1972-1977. High Steward of Kingston upon Thames and Deputy Lieutenant, for Greater London since 1973.
Elected Deputy Chairman Association of Conservative Peers November 1979, Chairman 1980-1990. Chairman Carlton Club 1979-1986.
Director TR Australia Investment Trust.
Government of Stowe School 1938-1989.
Church of England
Council, Trusthouse-Forte Limited. 1970-1972, since 1977.
Spouse Margaret Mary Boyd-Carpenter (née Hall), 1937. Children: Thomas, Anne, Sarah.