Alan Lennox-Boyd

Alan Lennox-Boyd in United Kingdom

Alan Lennox-Boyd History

Conservative politician. Minister of Transport between 1952-1954, then Secretary of State for the colonies until 1959, overseeing independence for many of the United Kingdom’s colonies. Offered to resign over British troops’ actions in Kenya during the Mau Mau Rebellion, but was persuaded to stay in office by Macmillan. Made a Peer in 1960.


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