Patrick James Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow, DSO (18 June 1874 – 14 December 1963), was a Scottish nobleman and a far right political activist, involved with fascist parties and groups.
[1][2] He was Flag Lieutenant to Rear Admiral Edmund Jeffreys, Senior Naval Officer, Coast of Ireland Station, serving on his flagship HMS Howe which was port guard ship at Queenstown.
[citation needed] Boyle was noted for his extremist views and took an active role in a number of rightist groups in the inter-war period.
An anti-communist by inclination, his views were informed by a landing he made as a Naval Commander in Vladivostok in 1917 where he claimed to witness examples of Bolshevik terror that helped to solidify his rightist opinions.
The charge was miscalculated by a factor of ten, and the resulting explosion not only removed the stump but also flattened a nearby plantation of young trees and broke every window in his castle.