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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">David Eccles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Quintin Hogg</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Handsworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Handsworth</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 November 1950 – 29 May 1970</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Roberts_(politician)" title="Harold Roberts (politician)">Harold Roberts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Chapman_(politician)" title="Sydney Chapman (politician)">Sydney Chapman</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-08-31</span>)</span>31 August 1923</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">28 September 1981<span style="display:none">(1981-09-28)</span> (aged 58)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of Honour">CH</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span></span> (31 August 1923 – 28 September 1981), known as <b>Sir Edward Boyle, 3rd Baronet</b>, between 1945 and 1970, was a British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> politician and <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Chancellor">Vice-Chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyle was born in <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Boyle_baronets" title="Boyle baronets">Sir Edward Boyle, 2nd Baronet</a>, and succeeded to his father's <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">baronetcy</a> in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Eton_College" title="Eton College">Eton College</a> and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church, Oxford</a>, in 1949 with a third-class <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> (later converted to an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)">MA</a>) in history.<sup id="cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxforddnb.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1942 to 1945, he was a temporary junior administration officer at the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Office">Foreign Office</a>. He worked at <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_Park" title="Bletchley Park">Bletchley Park</a> in intelligence.<sup id="cite_ref-LeedsLib_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeedsLib-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The then Sir Edward Boyle entered Parliament in 1950 as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Handsworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Handsworth</a>, a seat he would hold until his retirement in 1970. He served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_Air" title="Under-Secretary of State for Air">Under-Secretary of State for Air</a> from 1951 to 1952 and to the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Under-Secretary of State</a> for Defence in 1952, <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Secretary">Parliamentary Secretary</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Supply" title="Minister of Supply">Minister of Supply</a> from 1954 to 1955, <a href="/wiki/Economic_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Economic Secretary to the Treasury">Economic Secretary to the Treasury</a> from 1955 to 1956, Parliamentary Secretary to the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Education">Minister of Education</a> from 1957 to 1959, <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a> from 1959 to 1962, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Education and Skills">Minister of Education</a> from 1962 to 1964 and <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills#Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Education and Skills">Minister of State for Education and Science</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxforddnb.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957 he opened the new teaching block and science block extension at <a href="/wiki/Abingdon_School" title="Abingdon School">Abingdon School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="University_of_Leeds">University of Leeds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: University of Leeds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Leeds_(4th_May_2010)_063.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg/220px-University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg/330px-University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg/440px-University_of_Leeds_%284th_May_2010%29_063.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>The Edward Boyle library at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Leeds" title="University of Leeds">University of Leeds</a> was named in his honour.</figcaption></figure> <p>Boyle was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds in 1970. He was a Trustee of the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> from 1970 to 1981 and Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Universities_UK" title="Universities UK">Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of UK Universities</a> from 1977 to 1979. </p><p>In 1977 he had been due to deliver the <a href="/wiki/Reith_Lectures" title="Reith Lectures">Reith Lectures</a> for the BBC. Despite 2 years preparation time, he withdrew with 3 months notice.<sup id="cite_ref-Indy_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indy-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyle died from cancer in Leeds on 28 September 1981, aged 58. He was unmarried and childless and whilst his life peerage became extinct at his death, his baronetcy passed to his brother, <a href="/wiki/Boyle_baronets" title="Boyle baronets">Richard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxforddnb.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On his retirement from parliament in 1970, Boyle was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Life_peer" title="Life peer">life peerage</a> as <b>Baron Boyle of Handsworth</b>, <i>of <a href="/wiki/Salehurst" title="Salehurst">Salehurst</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Sussex" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Sussex">County of Sussex</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyle was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of law">Doctor of Laws</a> (LLD) by the following universities:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>University of Leeds (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southampton" title="University of Southampton">University of Southampton</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bath" title="University of Bath">University of Bath</a> (1968)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sussex" title="University of Sussex">University of Sussex</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Liverpool" title="University of Liverpool">University of Liverpool</a> (1981)</li></ul> <p>Boyle also received an <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">Honorary Doctorate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Heriot-Watt_University" title="Heriot-Watt University">Heriot-Watt University</a> in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyle was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour">Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour</a> (CH) on 13 June 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Flanders_and_Swann" title="Flanders and Swann">Flanders and Swann</a> satirically cited <a href="/wiki/Boyle%27s_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Boyle's Law">"Edward Boyle's Law"</a> : The greater the external pressure, the greater the volume of hot air. </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/150px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/225px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg/300px-Coronet_of_a_British_Baron.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="179" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png/200px-Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png/300px-Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Boyle_of_Handsworth_Escutcheon.png 2x" data-file-width="326" data-file-height="358" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Crest</dt> <dd>In front of a lion's head couped Argent a staff fesswise Gules.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Per bend raguly Gules and Argent two staves raguly in bend counterchanged.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>Dexter an owl Proper, sinister a lion Argent.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>God's Providence Is My Inheritance <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Edward_Boyle_Memorial_Trust_Foundation_Scholarship">Edward Boyle Memorial Trust Foundation Scholarship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Edward Boyle Memorial Trust Foundation Scholarship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/4145">Edward Boyle Memorial Trust</a> was established in the wake of the death of the Lord Edward Boyle, in September 1981. </p><p>Its aims were the advancement of education, learning and music and its guidelines are as follows: </p> <ul><li>support will be given to talented young people at a time when they are in most need;</li> <li>the Trust does not intend to do what institutions or individuals should do for themselves. It will help those with proven talent who have shown that they deserve help and are prepared to make their own substantial contribution;</li> <li>the Trust will support originality and excellence;</li> <li>administration costs will be kept to a minimum;</li> <li>because some donors have indicated ways in which they wish their contributions to be used the Trustees will endeavor to meet their requests.</li></ul> <p>The Trust offered the following support: </p> <ul><li>Ove Arup/Edward Boyle Scholarships, intended for students from Hong Kong, Singapore or Malaysia following an undergraduate course in mechanical or electrical and electronic engineering, and</li> <li>Medical Elective Bursaries intended for Commonwealth students.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The politics of education: Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland in conversation with Maurice Kogan (Penguin education specials)</i>, ed. M. Kogan, Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1971.</li> <li><i>The Bedside 'Guardian' 22 (1972-73)</i>. Introduction, London: Collins, 1973.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ODNB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ODNB_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a> accessed 26 July 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oxforddnb.com-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-oxforddnb.com_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFRamsden2004" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Ramsden, John (2004). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30844">"Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), politician"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). 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font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Roberts_(politician)" title="Harold Roberts (politician)">Harold Roberts</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Handsworth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)">Birmingham Handsworth</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1950_Birmingham_Handsworth_by-election" title="1950 Birmingham Handsworth by-election">1950</a>–<a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom 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