Person Open DS/UK/4059 Boyle; Patrick (18 June 1874-14 December 1963); 8th Earl of Glasgow, DSO; Scottish nobleman and far right political activist Boyle Patrick 18 June 1874-14 December 1963 Scottish nobleman and far right political activist Male (cisgender) Patrick James Boyle Scotland (born)

Scottish Military | British Navy | Captain White No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Patrick Boyle was a Scottish nobleman and a far right political activist, involved with fascist parties and groups. Boyle was trained for a naval career at the cadet ship HMS Britannia and graduated as a Royal Navy Lieutenant in 1897. He was later promoted to Commander in 1908, and eventually obtained the rank of Captain before retiring in 1919. He saw action during the First World War, commanding HMS Pyramus. Boyle was also 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. He was one of a number of large landowners who joined the British Fascists in the early 1920s, largely inspired by slump in agriculture and the simultaneous rise in taxation that they blamed on democracy and the rise of the left. Boyle served as leader of the British Fascists units in Scotland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Boyle,_8th_Earl_of_Glasgow (2024) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 1/24/2013 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 6/3/2025 2f3914f5-d3d1-4b30-9dba-0d74bd568ceb