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 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 ...

. He was born about 1618. He was made J.P. for Cuningham on 25 November 1634. On 22 February 1638 he was one of the noblemen who ascended the

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in Edinburgh to protest against the proclamation made that day, which contained the royal approbation of the service-book. He subsequently subscribed the

National Covenant The National Covenant () was an agreement signed by many people of Scotland during 1638, opposing the proposed Laudian reforms of the Church of Scotland (also known as '' the Kirk'') by King Charles I. The king's efforts to impose changes on th ...

, when renewed March the following, in the

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Greyfriars Kirk Greyfriars Kirk () is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Old Town, Edinburgh, Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is surrounded by Greyfriars Kirkyard. Greyfriars traces its origin to the south-west parish of Edinburgh, f ...

, and actively co-operated with the

Covenanter Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. It originated in disputes with James VI and his son C ...

s in their opposition to King

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. He was present in Parliament 31 August 1639 and 2 June 1640. He died of a fever on 17 November 1640.Two letters of comfort which were addressed by Mr. Zachary Boyd, minister of Glasgow, the translator of the Bible into verse, to Lord Boyd's mother and widow respectively, were printed at Edinburgh 1878 .

Family

Robert Boyd was the only son and heir by second wife of

. Although he married Anne, 2nd daughter of John Fleming, 2nd

Earl of Wigtown Earl of Wigtown (or Wigton) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The first creation was in 1341 for Sir Malcolm Fleming of Clan Fleming, and was surrendered in 1372, when the second Earl sold the Earldom and terr ...

, by Margaret, daughter of Alexander Livingstone, 1st Earl of Linlithgow, they had no sons, and the title passed to his uncle

James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd (1597–1654), was a Scottish noble who adhered to the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Biography James Boyd was the younger brother of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd and inherited the title in 164 ...

. His Sister Marion married

James Dundas, Lord Arniston Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston (1620–1679) was a Scottish politician and judge.Although styled Lord Arniston like his son this was not an hereditary title but one assumed by them on becoming an ordinary lord of session (judge). He served as ...

References

;Attribution * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Robert Boyd, 8th Lord 1610s births 1640 deaths Year of birth uncertain 17th-century Scottish peers Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1639–1641 Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) Lords Boyd