| 词条 | Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham |
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Terence George Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|QC}} (21 March 1930 – 23 July 2011)[1][2] was a British Labour Party politician. Early lifeBoston was born on 21 March 1930, the son of George Boston and his wife Kate Boston (née Bellati).[3] He was educated at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.[3] On 4 October 1951, as part of National Service, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer. He was given the service number 2501206.[4] He then began studying at King's College London where he joined the University Air Squadron,[3] and transferred to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, on 3 October 1952.[5] He was promoted to flying officer on 6 April 1954.[6] He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1954. He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1960.[9] He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 6 April 1960.[7] Political careerHe was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham at a by-election on 14 May 1964, following the death of the Labour MP Percy Wells. He was re-elected at the general election in October 1964 and again in 1966, but was defeated at the 1970 general election by the Conservative Roger Moate.[8] Announced in the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, Boston was created a life peer as Baron Boston of Faversham, of Faversham in the County of Kent on 1 July 1976.[9] He served as a deputy speaker of the House of Lords 1991–2008 and twice served as Chairman of Committees, 1994–1997 and 1997–2000.[10] Personal lifeIn 1963, Boston married Margaret Head.[11] They did not have any children.[12] He was a Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission improve the welfare of prisoners through education, health and justice.[13] From 1980 to 1990, Boston was Chairman of TVS, the ITV franchise holder for South and South-East England from 1982 until 1992.[14] Arms{{Infobox COA wide|escutcheon = Per pale Gules and Azure a lion passant guardant dimidated with a ship's hull Or. On a chief Argent a duck-billed platypus statant Proper between two cats' faces Sable. |crest = A chapeau Gules turned up Ermine thereon a boar's head couped Azure. |supporters = Dexter: A lion sejant erect guardant Or; Sinister: A kangaroo guardant Proper. Each resting the exterior foreleg on a fasces erect the axe facing outwards Sable. |compartment = The whole upon a compartment comprising a grassy mount Vert growing therefrom roses Gules and Argent barbed seeded slipped and leaved Proper. [15]}} References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Fcommons.htm |title=Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "F" |work=Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages |accessdate=3 January 2010}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/terence-boston/27062 |title=Profile: Lord Boston of Faversham |accessdate=27 July 2011 |publisher=Parliament.uk |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227130136/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/terence-boston/27062 |archivedate=27 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-8166?rskey=k3pAq7&result=1|title=BOSTON OF FAVERSHAM|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=18 December 2018|date=December 2016}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39376 |date=2 November 1951 |page=5783 |supp=y }} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39758 |date=20 January 1953 |page=485 |supp=y }} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=40144 |date=9 April 1954 |page=2198 |supp=y }} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=42187 |date=4 November 1960 |page=7554 |supp=y }} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i08.htm |title=UK General Election results 1970 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=3 January 2010}} 9. ^{{London Gazette |issue=46954 |date=6 July 1976 |page=9295}} 10. ^{{cite web | url =http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2011/august/lord-boston-of-faversham-obitutary/| title = House of Lords, Official Website - Death of Lord Boston of Faversham announced| accessdate = 3 August 2011}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Michael|first=Leapman|title=Lord Boston of Faversham: Politician, barrister and journalist who served as Speaker of the House of Lords and helped launch TVS|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-boston-of-faversham-politician-barrister-and-journalist-who-served-as-speaker-of-the-house-of-lords-and-helped-launch-tvs-2333450.html|accessdate=26 September 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 August 2011}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Lord Boston of Faversham|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8729625/Lord-Boston-of-Faversham.html|accessdate=26 September 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=29 August 2011}} 13. ^1 {{cite web|title=Our Patrons|url=http://www.africanprisons.org/who-we-are/people/|publisher=African Prisons Project|accessdate=26 September 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905010859/http://www.africanprisons.org/who-we-are/people/|archivedate=5 September 2012|df=dmy-all}} 14. ^https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8729625/Lord-Boston-of-Faversham.html Retrieved 3 May 2015 15. ^{{cite book |authorlink=Debrett's |date=2000 |title=Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage}} Sources
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