Gustavus Lascelles Hamilton-Russell,[2] oldest son of Gustavus Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne and Lady Margaret Selina Lascelles, and his wife Joan Verena Lloyd-Verney, only daughter of Sir Harry Lloyd-Verney by his wife Lady Joan Cuffe, elder daughter of Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart.
His father having died of wounds received at the Western Front in 1940,[3] he succeeded his grandfather as viscount two years later.
Boyne was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1952, serving as the Ensign during Trooping the Colour in 1953, retiring as lieutenant.
Boyne was appointed a Lord-in-waiting in 1981[5] and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire in 1994,[6] holding both posts until his death in 1995.
Boyne died aged 64, only days after his birthday and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his only son Gustavus, "Tavie.