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Rhodes Boyson

Overview

  • Born
    May 11, 1925 · Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    August 28, 2012 · Harefield, Middlesex, England, UK

Mini bio

  • Rhodes Boyson was born on May 11, 1925 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK. He was married to Violet Burletson and Florette MacFarlane. He died on August 28, 2012 in Harefield, Middlesex, England, UK.

Family

  • Spouses
      Violet Burletson(1946 - 1971) (divorced, 2 children)
      Florette MacFarlane(? - August 28, 2012) (his death)

Trademarks

  • His mutton chop whiskers

Trivia

  • Worked as head teacher at the Highbury Grove School in Islington, North London.
  • Conservative Member of Parliament for Brent North (1974 - 1997).
  • Was knighted and sworn of the Privy Council in 1987.
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department of Education and Science (1979-1983); Minister of State for Social Security (1983-1984); Minister of State for Northern Ireland (1984-1986); Minister of State for the Environment (1986-1987).
  • In 2007 he received an honorary degree from the University of Buckingham. Sir Rhodes was the Minister who facilitated the institution's Royal Charter in the face of the opposition of his own civil servants in the Department of Education.

Quotes

  • It is wrong biblically, is homosexuality. It is unnatural. AIDS is part of the fruits of the permissive society. The regular one-man, one-woman marriage would not put us at risk in this way. If we could wipe out homosexual practices, then Aids would die out.

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