BOYCE, The Rt Hon Baron, KG GCB OBE (1943 - 2022)
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Henry W
Nov 7, 2022, 2:35:42 PM11/7/22
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From Hansard of 7 November
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce, on 6 November. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble and gallant Lord’s family and friends.
My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the death of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce, on 6 November. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble and gallant Lord’s family and friends.
Michael Cecil BOYCE was a career Royal Naval officer from 1961 until his retirement as Chief of Defence Staff in 2003, whereupon he was made a Life Peer as Baron BOYCE, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster. He was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 2004 (succeeding HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother). He was promoted to the honorary rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 2014, and made a Knight of the Garter in 2011.
He was married twice and had issue by his first marriage: a son and a dau.
I have done a cursory search for any connections to the families we treat, and drew a blank. As a Life Peer he is within our remit, and certainly a man of great note.
Richard R
Nov 8, 2022, 2:48:33 AM11/8/22
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Obit from the Times of 8 Nov 2022:
E X T R A C T
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce obituary
Cold War submarine commander known as Iceman who later oversaw a controversial ‘hot war’ as chief of the defence staff
...Michael Cecil Boyce was born in Cape Town in 1943 to Commander Hugh Boyce and his wife Madeleine (née Manley). His father had left school aged 13 but went on to become a power station manager before joining the Royal Navy during the war, and was awarded the DSC...
...He married Harriette Fletcher, a naval surgeon captain’s daughter, in 1971 and they had two children. They separated in 1994 and the union was finally dissolved in 2005. He is survived by his son, Hugo, an anaesthetist, and his daughter, Christine, a teacher at an international school in Spain...
...Friends have speculated that, fearing his health might buckle under the immense stress of high office, he delayed legally ending the marriage to ensure that Harriette and their children would have the maximum possible financial protection should he die young. A long-term platonic friendship with the widow of a close friend, Vice-Admiral Malcolm Rutherford, deepened and he and Fleur married on Trafalgar Day in 2006. Her early death ten years later from pancreatic cancer aged 67 left him devastated, and he later poignantly confessed that his charity work gave him “a reason to get out of bed every morning” after losing her...
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL, former chief of the defence staff, was born on April 2, 1943. He died of cancer on November 6, 2022, aged 79
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/admiral-of-the-fleet-lord-boyce-obituary-5vqgckxfb
E X T R A C T
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce obituary
Cold War submarine commander known as Iceman who later oversaw a controversial ‘hot war’ as chief of the defence staff
...Michael Cecil Boyce was born in Cape Town in 1943 to Commander Hugh Boyce and his wife Madeleine (née Manley). His father had left school aged 13 but went on to become a power station manager before joining the Royal Navy during the war, and was awarded the DSC...
...He married Harriette Fletcher, a naval surgeon captain’s daughter, in 1971 and they had two children. They separated in 1994 and the union was finally dissolved in 2005. He is survived by his son, Hugo, an anaesthetist, and his daughter, Christine, a teacher at an international school in Spain...
...Friends have speculated that, fearing his health might buckle under the immense stress of high office, he delayed legally ending the marriage to ensure that Harriette and their children would have the maximum possible financial protection should he die young. A long-term platonic friendship with the widow of a close friend, Vice-Admiral Malcolm Rutherford, deepened and he and Fleur married on Trafalgar Day in 2006. Her early death ten years later from pancreatic cancer aged 67 left him devastated, and he later poignantly confessed that his charity work gave him “a reason to get out of bed every morning” after losing her...
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL, former chief of the defence staff, was born on April 2, 1943. He died of cancer on November 6, 2022, aged 79
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/admiral-of-the-fleet-lord-boyce-obituary-5vqgckxfb
Richard R
Nov 10, 2022, 5:22:39 AM11/10/22
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Note the death date given is 7th Nov. Is this a typo?
From the Times of 10 Nov 2022: BOYCE Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Michael Boyce KG GCB OBE DL on 7th [sic] November 2022, aged 79, passed away peacefully in his sleep after a challenging illness. A private funeral will be held at St Mary's Church in Walmer, St Clare Rd, Kent, on 21/11/2022 at 11am. All inquiries to J Dilnot Smith & Son... The funeral will be followed by an official memorial service in London at a date to be announced. Family flowers only. Donations to the White Ensign Association... or the Special Boat Service Association... would be welcomed. He will be very much missed by his family and those he worked alongside.
Richard R
Mar 19, 2023, 4:58:29 AM3/19/23
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From the Times of 18 March 2023: BOYCE
Admiral of the Fleet Lord Michael Boyce
KG GCB OBE KStJ DL. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at
Westminster Abbey on 13th July 2023 at 11am. Those wishing to attend are
invited to apply for tickets via the Eventbrite website no later than
26th June 2023...
Richard R
Jul 14, 2023, 4:10:08 AM7/14/23
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From the COURT CIRCULAR for 13 July 2023:
The King was represented by Admiral Sir Antony Radakin (Chief of the Defence Staff) at the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce KG (former Chief of the Defence Staff) which was held in Westminster Abbey, London SW1, this morning.
The Prince of Wales was represented by Commander Robert Dixon RN.
The Princess Royal was represented by Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were represented by Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord Stirrup KG.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Mr. Nicholas Adamson.
Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy was represented by Prince Michael of Kent
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