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Patrick Boyle, (The Rt. Hon) (Deputy Lieutenant).

10th Earl of Glasgow, DL (born 30 July 1939), is a Scottish peer, politician and the current chief of Clan Boyle. The family seat is Kelburn Castle in Ayrshire. He currently sits as a Liberal Democrat peer in the House of Lords. In 1960, he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, receiving the rank of sub-lieutenant. He subsequently worked as an assistant director in films and as a television documentary producer, he founded Kelburn Country Centre in 1977. He succeeded to his father's titles in 1984, and became a deputy lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran in 1995. He was elected in 2005 to succeed the 5th Earl Russell as one of the 92 hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.


Spouse: Isabel James.
Children: David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount Kelburn, Lady Alice Dorothy Boyle.

Parents: David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow, Dorothea Lyle

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