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 Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd (c. 1517 – 3 January 1590) was a Scottish noble and courtier. Biography Robert was the only son and heir of Robert, 4th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1517, and first appears in the historical record on 5 May 1534, wh ...

, fought at the

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on 13 May 1568, for

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. He inherited the title Lord Boyd on the death of 5th Lord Boyd in 1590. He resigned his whole estate to the King, from whom, on 12 January 1592,Julian dates with 1 January as the start of year (See

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) he obtained a new charter thereof, "erecting the same into a free Lordship and Barony, to be called the Lordship and Barony of Kilmarnock" to himself for life, with remainder to his son and heir apparent, Robert, Master of Boyd, in tail male, remainder to "heirs male," thereby excluding the heirs general. Under this grant Thomas, not improbably, became

Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ...

. He died June 1611. As Robert died before his father, the estates and title passed to his son

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Family

Thomas was the second but first surviving son and heir of

. Thomas Boyd married firstly, before 1568, when she was living, Margaret, 2nd daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun, by Isabel, daughter of John Drummond of

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. He married secondly to Jane daughter of William Stockdale. He married, lastly, to Elizabeth Wallace, who survived him. His children included: * Robert, Master of Boyd, (died 1597), who married Jean Kerr, a daughter of

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 background He was a member of the "famous border family" of Ker of Cessford. He was the son ...

. His children included

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 ...

and

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 ...

. * Thomas Boyd of Bedlay * Andrew Boyd, who was made bishop of

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in 1632. * Marion Boyd, who married

James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn PC (S) (1575–1618), was a Scottish diplomat for James VI and an undertaker (a term for a British colonist) in the Plantation of Ulster in the north of Ireland. Birth and origins ...

(died 1632). She may have been the "Mistress of Paisley" attending

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with Margaret Seton, Lady Paisley in April 1603. * Isabel Boyd, who married (1) John Blair younger of that ilk, (2) Dougal Campbell of Auchinbreck. Francis Hamilton the heir of

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had been contracted to marry her in 1607, and would later accuse her of witchcraft. * Agnes Boyd, who married

George Elphinstone George Elphinstone of Blythswood (died 1634) was a Scottish landowner, courtier, and Provost of Glasgow. Life George Elphinstone was the son of George Elphinstone of Blythswood (died 2 April 1585), a leading Glasgow merchant and shipowner, and ...

of Blythswood, Provost of Glasgow in August 1600. As a wedding gift

James VI of Scotland James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...

gave her a gold chain necklace and a gold belt set with pearls, and a pair of matching gold "garnishings" set with pearl to wear in her hair, worth £580 Scots. After spending a weekend in Glasgow with the newly weds at the end of August, James VI gave George Elphinstone land in the New Park of Partick to build a better house to entertain him in the next time.''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', 13:2 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 705 no. 552: ''Register of the Great Seal of Scotland'', vol. 6, no. 1110.

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;Attribution * ;Further reading * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord 1540s births 1611 deaths Nobility from East Ayrshire 16th-century Scottish peers 17th-century Scottish peers Lords of Parliament (pre-1707) Lords Boyd