[3] He was educated at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London.

[3] On 4 October 1951, as part of National Service, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer.

[9] Announced in the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours, Boston was created a life peer as Baron Boston of Faversham, of Faversham in the County of Kent on 1 July 1976.

[7] From 1980 to 1990, Boston was chairman of TVS, the ITV franchise holder for South and South-East England from 1982 until 1992.

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