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BOYD. 399 BOYD, or BOYD OF KILMARNOCK. Barony. [S.] /. Sir Koiieut Boyd of Kilmarnock, s. and h. of Si I ll r )l 1 Thomas B. of tin; same, inc. his Father 1439 and was c; a Peer of j£ ' Pari. (LORD BOYD [S.]) by James II [S.] at some date after 1451 and 1 tf q 1 Previous to IS July 1454 (") when he tuok his seat, as such, in Pari. ■ In 1460 he was one of the Reof.nts [S.j during tlie King's minority. In 1461 he was out; of the Commissioners for a truce with Edward Having obtained posession of the person of the young King (for winch, as here- after mentioned, he was eventually condemned for high treason) he was by Act of Ptirl. 25 Oct. 1100, made sole Governor of the Keai.m [8.] ; Great Cuambehi.aiu [S.J, 1467. In this year he procured the marriage of his eldest son, Thomas, (cr. Earl of Arrau [S.] for that occasion) with -Mary, elder sister of the King, which aroused the jealousy of the other nobles. He obtained the cession of Orkney to Scotland, S Sep. 1108, from Christian, King of Norway, for whose da. Margaret, he negotiated a marriage with the King. While absent for that purpose he and his said son (the Earl of Arran) and his br. (and coadjutor) Sir Alexander Boyd were attainted for high treason as above-named, whereby his Peerage became forfeited. He m. Mariota (or Janet), da. of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderw 1. He is said to have ((. at Alnwick, where he had lied in 1468, in or about 1-170. II. 1549. ~. Robert Boyd op Kilmarnock, s. and h. of Alexander Boyd, Bailie of Kilmarnock for the Crown (1505), by (— ) da. of Sir Robert Coi.vii.l of Ochiltree, which Alexander was 2nd s. of Robert, Lord Boyd [S. ] ahnvenaiued and yr. br. of Thomas, Earl of Ahiian [S.] (to whose only s. James Boyd, he, the said Robert, was served h. 11 March 1544, being thus acknow- ledged as the head of the family), was in 1519 confirmed by a novodamus in all the estates, honours and dignities that belonged to his grand-father, whereby he became LORD BOYD [&] He in. before 1518 Helen da. of Sir John Someuvii.le of Cambus- nethan. He (/. about 1550. [II. 1550? •;. RoitERT (Boyd), Loud Boyd [S.], s. and li. Hu appears, in 1514, to have aided the Regent Arran in defeating the Earl of Glencairn («.] at Glasgow, but in 1540 to have taken the part of the Lords of the Congregation against the Queen Regent. His political conduct was somewhat unstable, but he was a supporter of Queen Mary [S.j, at the battle of Langside, 13 May 1568, and appears to have stood high in her favour. He was an extraordinary Lord of Session [S. |, 1578 to 15.SS ; a C oissioncr to treat with England, 1578 and 15S0, besides holding a variety of smaller offices, lie in. before (i Sep. 1515, Mariota, da. and h. of Sir John CoujUHOUN of Glius. He d. 3 Jan. 15S9, in his 72nd year.( b ) His widow d. Feb. 1001. [RoiiEitT Boyd, styled Master op Boyd, s. and h. op. ; living I t Oct. 1550, but d s.p. and v. p. soon afterwards.] IV. 1589. 4. Thomas (Boyd), I jOUD Boyd [^.], 2nd lint 1st snrv. and. h.. He, with his father, fought at the battle of Langside, 13 May, 1508, on behalf of his Queen. He resigned his whole estate to the King, from whom, on 12 Jan. 1591/2, he obtained a new charter thereof, " erecting the same in to a free Lord- ship and Barony, to be called the Lordtkip and Barony of Kilmarnock" to himself for life, with rem. to his s. and h. ap. Robert, Master of Boyd, hi tail male, rem. to (•') In the Exchequer account of that year he is spoken of as " Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock." See Exch. Rolls p. 453. Supplement to Acts of Pari. [S.] in Index vol, p. 23. Ex inform. (1. Burnett, Lyon. () See Stephen's " Nat. Biography," where n full account is given of him. In this (as in " Douglas,") he is, for some cause, called the 4th Lord, tho', if the attainder is not reckoned (whereby three persons, ri;. [1] the Earl of Arran (living 1472), [2] James Boyd ((/. 1 IS 1 ), s. and h. of the Earl Arran, and [3] Alexander Boyd (living 1505), uncle and h, of the said James were excluded from the succession) he would apparently, have been the 0'th Lord.