Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd (November 1595 – 28 August 1628),
[Also known as Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock] was a
Scottish noble.
Early life
Robert Boyd was born in November 1595. He was the son of Jean ( Kerr) Boyd and Robert Boyd, Master of Boyd, who died
v.p. in May 1597 (the son and heir apparent of
Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd
Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd (''c''. 1547–1611) was a Scottish noble and politician.
Biography
Thomas Boyd, with his father, Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd, fought at the battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, for Mary, Queen of Scots. He inherited the ...
). After the death of his father, his mother married
David Lindsay, 12th Earl of Crawford. They later divorced and she married Thomas Hamilton, of Robertoun. His maternal grandparents were
Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian
Mark Kerr (or Ker), 1st Earl of Lothian (15538 April 1609) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He became the first Earl of Lothian in 1606.
Family
He was a member of the "famous border family" of Ker of Cessford. He was the son of Mark Ke ...
, and Margaret Maxwell (a daughter of John Maxwell, Lord Herries).
Boyd was educated at the
University of Saumur
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.
Career
In June 1611 he inherited the title of Lord Boyd on the death of his grandfather
Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd
Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd (''c''. 1547–1611) was a Scottish noble and politician.
Biography
Thomas Boyd, with his father, Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd, fought at the battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, for Mary, Queen of Scots. He inherited the ...
.
Personal life
Lord Boyd was twice married. His first marriage was in to Margaret Montgomerie, Countess of Eglintoun, the widow of Hugh Montgomerie,
Earl of Eglintoun. She was the eldest daughter, and, heir of Hon. Robert Montgomerie of Giffen and Jean Campbell (eldest daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun).
[Julian dates with 1 January as the start of year (See ]Old Style and New Style dates
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) Margaret was living as his wife as of 4 March 1616, but died
s.p., in 1616.
Lord Boyd married, secondly, Lady Christian Lindsay ( Hamilton), widow of
Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay
Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay PC (died 9 July 1616), was a Scottish landowner.
Early life
He was the second son of James Lindsay, 7th Lord Lindsay and Lady Eupheme Leslie. His elder brother was John Lindsay, 8th Lord Lindsay (who married Ho ...
, on 9 December 1617. Lady Christian was the eldest daughter of
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington
Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington (1563 – 29 May 1637), designated before his peerage as 'of Drumcarny, Monkland, and Binning', was a Scottish administrator, Lord Advocate, judge, and Lord Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire.
Family
The son ...
and Margaret Borthwick (a daughter of James Borthwick, of Newbyres). Together they were the parents of:
* Isabel Boyd, who married John Sinclair of Stevenson, a younger son of
Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, of Stevenson, in 1638. After his death she married Sir John Grierson of Lag, son of
Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, in 1646.
* Christian Boyd, who married Sir William Scott of Harden, a grandson of
Walter Scott of Harden, in 1641.
* Jean Boyd, who married Sir Alexander Morison.
[George Edward Cokayne, editor, ''The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900)''; reprint, ]Gloucester
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, U.K.
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: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 351.
*
Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd ( 1618 – 17 November 1640), was a Scottish noble and politician.
Biography
Robert Boyd was the only son and heir by second wife of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1618. He was made J.P. for Cuning ...
(–1640), who married Lady Anne Fleming, daughter of
John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown
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, in 1639.
[G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14'' (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, ]Gloucester
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, U.K.
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: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 262.
* Marion Boyd (1624–1661), who married Sir
James Dundas, Lord Arniston
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, in 1641.
[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' ]Wilmington, Delaware
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, U.S.A.
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: Burke's Peerage
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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3169.
He died on 28 August 1628, aged 33. Boyd's will was dated 17 October 1623, probated 7 May 1632. His widow, an ardent Presbyterian, born between 1588 and 1594, died "very comfortably" at the house of her daughter Lady Scott, of Ardross, in the parish of Elie, shortly before 22 January 1646 and was buried on 6 February.
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