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262 BOYD his whole estate to the King, from whom, on I2 Jan. 1 591/2, 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 rem. to his s. and h. ap., Robert, Master of Boyd, in tail male, rem. to "heirs male," thereby excluding the heirs gen. Under this grant he, not improbably, became LORD BOYD OF KILMARNOCK [S.]. He w., istly, before 1568, when she was living, Margaret, 2nd da. of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun, by Isabel, da. of Sir John Drummond, of Inner- peffry. He w., lastly, Elizabeth Wallace, who surv. him.(^) He d. June 161 1. [Robert Boyd, .s/jy/^i/ Master OF Boyd,s. and h. ap. He »?., before 1595, Jean, da. of Mark (Kerr), Earl of Lothian [S.], by Margaret, da. of John (Maxwell), Lord Herries [S.]. He <3'. x^./).. May 1597. His widow w., between 4 Mar. 1606 and 16 Apr. 16 10, David (Lindsay), Earl of Crawford [S.], by whom she had no issue, and from whom she was divorced. She w., 3rdly, before 16 Feb. 161 8, Thomas Hamilton, of Robertoun.] VII. 1611. 7. Robert (Boyd), Lord Boyd (or Boyd OF Kilmarnock) [S.], grandson and h., being s. and h. of Robert Boyd, styled Master of Boyd, and Jean his wife abovenamed. He was b. Nov. 1595, and was ed. at Saumur. He w., istly, before 24 Mar. 16 14/5 (cont. dat. Oct. 1614), Margaret, widow of Hugh (Montgomerie), Earl of Eglin- TOUN [S.], I St da. and, after 1613, h. of the Hon. Robert Montgomerie, of Giffen, by Jean, ist da. of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun. She was living as his wife 4 Mar. 161 5/6, but d. s.p., in 16 16. He m., 2ndly (cont. dat. 9 Dec. 161 7), Christian, widow of Robert (Lindsay), Lord Lindsay of Byres [S.], ist da. of Thomas (Hamilton), ist Earl of Haddington [S.], by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of James Borthwick, of Newbyres. He d. 28 Aug. 1628, aged 33.(^) Will dat. 17 Oct. 1623, pr. 7 May 1632. His widow, an ardent Presbyterian, b. between 1588 and 1594, d. "very com- fortably" at the house of her da.. Lady Scott, of Ardross, in the parish of Elie, shortly before 22 Jan., and was bur. 6 Feb. 1645/6. VIII. 1628. 8. Robert (Boyd), Lord Boyd (or Boyd of Kilmarnock) [S.], only s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. about 1618, served h. 9 May 1628. He was under age on 19 June 1633. He m. (cont. 10 Sep. (^) Scots Peerage^ vol. v, p. 165, where it is stated that Jane Stockdale, mentioned in note "b" below as wife of a Lord Boyd, must have m. this one. If so it can only have been as his 2nd wife, and the fact that the eldest br. was not h. before I593> makes it almost incredible. V.G. C") Jane, yst. of the 18 children of William Stockdale, of Green Hamerton, co. York, being 5th da. by his 2nd wife, Dorothy, da. of Thomas Mill, of co. Durham, m. {Fiiit. ofToris, 1666) "ye Lord Boid of Scotland." Her eldest br. of the whole blood, Thomas, was b. 1593. V.G.