Background
The son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, Lord Boyd was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1962, with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1966 with a Master of Arts.
The son of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, Lord Boyd was educated at Eton and graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1962, with a Bachelor of Arts and in 1966 with a Master of Arts.
Eton College.
He was deputy-chairman of Arthur Guinness & Sons between 1981 and 1986. Lord Boyd of Merton married Alice Mary Clive (born March 24, 1942), daughter of the writer Lady Mary Clive, on 24 July 1962. They had four children:
Honorary
Charlotte Mary Lennox-Boyd (b 16 April 1963), married Charles Mitchell in 1992 and had issue;
Honorary
Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (b 21 October 1964), married Shelia Mary Margaret Williams in 1993 and had issue. Honorary Edward George Lennox-Boyd (b 30 March 1968), married Tamsim Hichens in 1994 and had issue.
He changed his name by Deed poll to Edward George Clive on 24 November 1999;
Honorary Philippa Patricia Lennox-Boyd (b 12 March 1970), married Patrick Spens, 4th Baron Spens, in 1998 and had issue.
Lord Boyd of Merton lives at Ince castle in Cornwall.