Alan Lennox-Boyd English politician Alan Lennox-Boyd, latterly 1st Viscount Boyd, was BOTD in 1904. Born in Bournemouth, Sussex, to an upper-middle-class family, he was educated at private schools and studied at Ox…

English politician and colonial administrator Alan Lennox-Boyd was BOTD in 1904. Widely criticised for ignoring the massacre of indigenous Kenyans in Mau Mau, he was much friendlier with Prince Abd al-Ilāh of Iraq, with whom he exchanged love letters. #alanlennoxboyd #badgays #bornonthisday