Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock (abt. 1517 - 1590)

Born about 1517 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Mariot (Colquhoun) Boyd — married 1535 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1590 at about age 73 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock is Notable.

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock is a member of Clan Boyd.

This profile is part of the Boyd Name Study.

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock was born in Scotland.

Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fifth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock was born about 1517 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of Sir Robert (Boyd) Boyd Fourth Lord of Kilmarnock (1485 - 1558) and Helen (Somerville) Boyd (~1489 - ~1536).^[1]

Robert (~18) married Margaret Mariot Colquhoun (~10) (~1525 - 1601) (his first cousin) in 1535 in Scotland. Their children were:^[1][2]

1. Lady Agnes (Boyd) Colquhoun (~1543 - 1584)
2. Sir Thomas (Boyd) Boyd Sixth Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock (~1547 - ~1611)
3. Helen Boyd (<1547 - )
4. Robert Boyd (1551 - 1611)
5. Margaret Boyd (1552 - )
6. Egidia Boyd (~1556 - 1586)
7. Christian (Boyd) Hamilton (~1560 - )
8. Elizabeth Boyd (~1562 - )
9. Andrew Boyd (1567-1636)
10. Daind Boyd (~1582 - ~1613).

Robert's natural son was Colonel David Boyd (1566 - <1623) of Tourgill, who had letters of legitimation.

Robert was appointed on 5th May 1534, as Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock in place of his father. He was Privy Counselor in 1571-1573 and in 1574 until his death.^[3] He was an extraordinary Lord of Session 1573-78, 1578-83, and 1586-88, and a Commissioner to treat with England 1578 and 1586, as well as a variety of lesser offices.^[3]

In 1544 he aided the Regent Arran in defeating the Earl of Glencairn at Glasgow. He succeeded as the 5th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock [S., c. 1454] circa 1558. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 17 May 1567. He fought in the Battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, where he was a supporter of Queen Mary.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] between 7 September 1571 and 1573. He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session [Scotland] between 1573 and 1578. He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in July 1574. He was a Commissioner to treat with England in 1578. He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session [Scotland] between 1578 and 1583. He fought in the Raid of Ruthven in August 1579. In June 1583 he was banished after the King's escape.1 He was a Commissioner to treat with England in 1586. He held the office of Extraordinary Lord of Session [Scotland] between 1586 and 1588. In February 1585/86 he was recalled.^[4]

He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.^[5]

Robert died on 3 Jan 1590 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England aged ~72. He was buried at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. His will was proven (by probate) on 8 June 1590 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.^[1][6][3]

His will was probated in Edinburgh on 8 Jun 1590^[7]

His wife Margaret wrote her will on 13th May 1601^[3] and died in August of that same year. She was buried in the Metropolitan Church of Glasgow.

Research Notes

Balfour Paul discusses the "considerable confusion" which exists regarding the numbering of the Lords Boyd (p. 155).^[2] This Robert Boyd is considered 3rd Lord in the Dictionary National Bibliography (Rigg 1886, pp. 96,97),^[8] fourth Lord in some cases, and would be "de facto" fourth Lord, and if the three who never succeeded are excluded, he would have been sixth Lord (p. 155).^[2] Simplified, if we consider each head of the family as if he had succeeded, this Robert is 5th Lord Boyd.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock on ThePeerage.com
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908, Vol. V, archive.org, pp. 155, pp. 161-7
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Cokayne, George E., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant, Volume 2 (1912), (Vol 2, Pages 261-62) London: The St. Catherine Press, ltd., 1910, OpenLibrary.org accessed July 28, 2015
4. ↑ 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, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 261.
5. ↑ Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995), reference "Robert Boyd".
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #124386238
7. ↑ Grant, Francis James, "Commissariot Record of Edinburgh, Register of Testaments, Part I. Volumes 1 to 35 1514-1600", Edinburgh: James Skinner & Co., 1897, Part I, Archive.org, p. 34
8. ↑ Wikisource contributors. "Boyd, Robert (d.1590) (DNB00)." Wikisource. Wikisource citing Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 06., 29 Jan. 2011. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.

• Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
• Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
• Kilmarnock
• Clan Boyd on WikiPedia
• Kilmarnock House
• Dean (Kilmarnock) Castle

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q7342263, en:Wikipedia
• Hewitt, G. R. (2004). "Boyd, Robert, fifth Lord Boyd (c.1517–1590)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.
• Keith, Robert; Lyon, Charles Jobson (1850). Lawson, John Parker. ed. History of the affairs of church and state in Scotland: from the beginning of the reformation to the year 1568. 3. The Spottiswoode Society. Archive.org (pp. 304, 305).
• Omansky, Rachel, (March 2008) Their Nation Dishonored, the Queen Shamed ... upenn.edu.
• Rigg, James McMullen (1886). "Boyd, Robert (d.1590)". In Leslie Stephen. Dictionary of National Biography. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 96, 97.