# Granger Boston

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|                name = Granger Boston
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|            fullname = Granger Farwell Boston
|          birth_date = {{birth date|1921|5|24|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = Liverpool, England
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1958|2|4|1921|5|24|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Marylebone](/source/Marylebone), London, England
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|                date = 10 April 2017
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9874.html Cricinfo
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'''Granger Farwell Boston''' (24 May 1921 – 4 February 1958) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er and politician. 

Boston was born in Liverpool. After serving in the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) from 1939 to 1943 (when he was invalided out),<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite news |title=Mr. G.F. Boston found dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chronicle/133377849/ |access-date=13 October 2023 |work=Chronicle |date=8 February 1958 |p=16}}</ref> he read history at [Clare College, Cambridge](/source/Clare_College%2C_Cambridge), graduating with a third in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cambridge Tripos Results: Lists of Awards and Prizes |work=The Times |issue=1677 |date=21 June 1947 |page=314}}</ref> He played three [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1946.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9874.html |title=Granger Boston |accessdate=10 April 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Upon graduation he lectured at the [Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy%2C_Sandhurst), taught history at [Clifton College](/source/Clifton_College) and [Oundle School](/source/Oundle_School), and was latterly a director of a tannery in [Runcorn](/source/Runcorn).<ref name="Chronicle"/>

Boston was the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) candidate for [Gloucestershire West](/source/West_Gloucestershire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [1950 general election](/source/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election) and for [Crewe](/source/Crewe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [1955 general election](/source/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election). He killed himself with a shotgun at his London apartment in 1958.<ref name="Chronicle"/>

==See also==
* [List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players](/source/List_of_Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club_players)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=9874}}

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