Elmer Boynton

In the novel Appointment with Death, Elmer Boynton was a wealthy American. He had three children, Carol, Lennox and Raymond, with his first wife. He had one daughter, Ginevra, with his second wife.

According to Jefferson Cope, a friend of the Boynton family, Elmer was quite a well-known man, and a very charming personality.

Elmer's first wife died when Carol and Raymond were toddlers. He met his second wife when he was a Governor of a prison, and she was a wardress. Elmer thought a lot of his second wife, and "adopted her judgment on almost every point". He was an invalid for some years before he died, so his wife ran the household.

Elmer was a rich man, and left all his money to Mrs Boynton for her lifetime, with the understanding that the money was to be used for the family upkeep. At her death, it was to be divided between his children.

He never appeared in the novel, but is mentioned.