Rhodes Boyson
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The Right Honourable Sir Rhodes Boyson (11 May 1925- ) is an author and politician in the United Kingdom, and former Conservative member of Parliament for Brent North. Before entering politics he was a Head Teacher. Served in India at the time of independence.
He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1974, and was Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office from 1984 to 1986, having previously been a junior minister at the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Social Security. He then moved to the Department of the Environment until 1987.
He lost his Brent North seat to Barry Gardiner in the 1997 general election.