Given the question: Facts: - order: secretary of state for the colonies - successor: iain macleod - party: conservative - monarch: elizabeth ii - primeminister: winston churchill sir anthony eden harold macmillan - predecessor: oliver lyttelton - death date: yes 8 march 1983 -lrb- aged 79 -rrb- - spouse: lady florence guinness -lrb- 1918 -- 2001 -rrb- - term end: 14 october 1959 - term start: 28 july 1954 - birth date: yes 18 november 1904 - name: the viscount boyd of merton - nationality: british - image: alan lennox-boyd . jpg - alma mater: christ church , oxford Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alan lennox-boyd , 1st viscount boyd of merton .
The answer is:
alan tindal lennox-boyd , 1st viscount boyd of merton , ch , pc , dl -lrb- 18 november 1904 -- 8 march 1983 -rrb- was a british conservative politician .