Talk:Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton

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Bisexual?

According to Michael Gove, "There is a broad consensus that ... Alan Lennox Boyd, the Colonial Secretary in the Fifties... pursued homosexual affairs."^[1] Any other info on this anyone? Malick78 (talk) 15:50, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://knittingcircle.org.uk/alanduncan.html

It looks like that fact is now in his "Personal life" section. --TrottieTrue (talk) 19:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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I removed the Daily Mail reference as the Mail is not considered a reliable source, as per WP:DAILYMAIL. Autarch (talk) 21:29, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Implications of "Legacy of Violence"

Caroline Elkins' recent treatment of Britain's management of post-war colonies suggests Lennox-Boyd's career was both more important and much darker than Wikipedia currently implies.^[1] LB appears to have presided over a colonial regime of torture, slavery and murder comparable to those imposed by Germany in central and eastern Europe 1942–44. Her book's index on p.853 gives 23 pages referring to LB's role directly. Erictimewell (talk) 04:05, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see that material has now been added on the "Mau-Mau rebellion". It is odd that only one reference is given for the entire section. The impression given is unfortunately of someone looking up family scraps to make LB look progressive. In fact he was unrelentingly dismissive and reactionary about Kenya, Cyprus and Nyasaland, all of them his ministerial responsibility. I have added several relevant books as Further Reading. Eventually Macmillan saw the writing on the wall; but LB refused to read it. Erictimewell (talk) 02:23, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Elkins, Caroline (2022). Legacy of violence: a history of the British Empire. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847921062.

[1] ttp://knittingcircle.org.uk/alanduncan.html

[2] Elkins, Caroline (2022). Legacy of violence: a history of the British Empire. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 9781847921062.

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