Viscount Boyd of Merton, of Merton-in-Penninghame in the County of Wigtown, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1960 for the Conservative politician and former Secretary of State for the Colonies, Alan Lennox-Boyd. As of 2017 [update] the title is held by his eldest son, the second Viscount, who succeeded in 1983.
The Hon. Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd, youngest son of the first Viscount, was also a Conservative politician.
The family seat was formerly Ince Castle, near Saltash in Cornwall.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Benjamin Alan Lennox-Boyd (born 1964).
The heir apparent's heir-in-line is his son Alan George Simon Lennox-Boyd (born 1993).
Arthur Rupert George Lennox-Boyd (born 2021), son of Alan George Lennox-Boyd, is his father's heir.
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