Paul Boissier

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Arthur Paul Boissier (25 January 1881 - 2 October 1953), usually known as Paul, was Headmaster of Harrow School and Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Fuel and Power.

Born at Bloxham, Oxfordshire, in 1881, he was the son of the Rev. Frederick Scobell Boissier, M.A., who was then Curate of neighbouring Deddington as well as a teacher at Bloxham School.

According to his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Boissier played cricket for St. John's School, Leatherhead and Oxford University (as well as football against Cambridge University in 1904. He also played for Derbyshire from 1901 to 1906, his father being Vicar of Denby at this time (1900-1931).

From 1905 to 1919 Boissier was Senior Master at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight. He later served as Headmaster at Harrow (1939-1942) and Director of Public Relations at the Ministry of Fuel and Power (1943-1945).

Boissier died at Stockethill, Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1953. His daughter is Beatrice Mary June Boissier, who married David Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, an Old Harrovian, in 1939.