Background
Boyd-Carpenter is the son of John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter and Margaret Mary Hall.
Boyd-Carpenter is the son of John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter and Margaret Mary Hall.
Boyd-Carpenter was educated at Stowe School, an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England.
Lieutenant General The Honorary In 1957, Boyd-Carpenter was commissioned into the Scots Guards. He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Scots Guards in 1979, Commander of 24th Infantry Brigade in 1983 and Director, Defence Policy at the Ministry of Defence in 1985.
In retirement, he became chairman of the Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Heath Authority and then chairman of the Moorfields Eye Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust.
He also became President of the Berkshire Royal British Legion.
He was invested as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1973.
