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Box, Kenneth James, son of Walter Box, of Finchley, by Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of William Mawe, of Chislehurst, Kent; b. March 15, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1914; served in France 1916-9; Lieut. R. F. C. and King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; M.C. June 3, 1918; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 1929; practised at Hove, Sussex; Lieut. R.A.M.C. Aug. 1, 1943; Capt.; m. March 29, 1932, Sylvia Blanche, daughter of John Pressley, of Courtville, Tipperary.

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BOYCE, AUGUSTUS ROBERT, son of Capt. Henry Pytches Boyce, 3rd Foot Guards, Upper Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Lady Amelia Sophia Spencer Churchill, dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC; nephew of William Boyce (qv) [according to Whitmore]; b. 19 Apr 1822; adm. 9 Feb 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1836; left 1840; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1840; Ensign, 11th Native Infantry, 19 Nov 1840; d. at Ahmedabad, Bombay, 21 Oct 1842.

BOYCE, WILLIAM, son of William Boyce, Croydon, Surrey; b.; adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1795. [If he was uncle of previous, his parents would have been William Boyce and Anne Pitches --- (IGI)]

Boycott, Stephen James Branthwaite, son of Rev. George Alfred Branthwaite Boycott, Rector of West Halton, Lincs, and Eily St Clair, d. of Capt. George Osborn Springfield, 5th Dragoon Guards, of Holt, Norfolk; b. 26 Dec. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left July 1934; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1936, Lieut. Jan. 1939, Capt. Jan. 1944, Maj. Jan. 1949; retd 1958; wounded (France) May 1940, despatches Dec. 1940; asst master The King's Sch. Gloucester 1958-62; bred and trained horses; m. 1st 1941 Edna Marion, d. of Sqdn Ldr James Stanley Curtis RAF; 2nd Rosemary, widow of Donald Landels Henderson and d. of Thomas Rawling Bridgwater, barrister-at-law; d. circa 1965.

BOYD, ALFRED BLACK PRINGLE, son of John Pringle Boyd, Priory Road, London, River Plate merchant, and Mary Ann Black (IGI); b. Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 Jul 1863; adm. (G) 2 Oct 1875; left Aug 1879; commercial clerk, shipping (1881 census); lived in Buenos Aires for some years, subsequently returning to England; d. 7 Apr 1908.

BOYD, --- ; b. ; in Grant’s house list 1797. [Identified by Whitmore as Boyd, Hugh Stuart, 1781-1848 : “see new slip” : this was BOYD, HUGH STUART, son of Hugh Boyd (previously McAuley), Master-Attendant for EI Co. at Madras, barrister, essayist and journalist, and Frances Murphy; b 1781; Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jul 1799, matr. 17 Dec 1800; resident at Hampstead; a Greek scholar and writer; blind for last twenty years of life; taught Greek to Elizabeth Barrett Browning; m. 16 Sep 1805 Ann Lowry (IGI) (perhaps “a lady of Jewish family “); d. 10 May 1848. DNB]

Boyd, John Gordon, son of Edwyn Gordon Boyd of Northwood, Middx, and Gladys, d. of Rob­ert Creighton; b. 3 Dec. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (G); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric, 1936, BA 1940, MA 1946; Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.); HM For. Service 1946, Asst Principal FO; 2nd Sec. (Commercial) Rome 1946-9, Washington 1949-52; HM Consul (Commercial) New York 1954-7; FO 1957-9, retd 1959; pres. Thos de la Rue Inc., New York; World Bank consul­tant; m. Isobel Margaret, d. of William John Moir MB, Malayan medical service; d. 13 Dec. 1993

BOYD, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Boyd, Bart., MP, Danson Park, Kent, and Margaret, fifth dau. of Hon. Thomas Harley (qv); b. 5 Jun 1786; adm. 19 Sep 1797 (Clapham); in school list 1801; succ. father as 3rd baronet, 30 May 1815; m. 22 Sep 1818 Harriet, second dau. of Hugh Boyd, Ballycastle, co. Antrim; d. at Boulogne 19 Jan 1855.