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LORD ROBERT BOYD BOYD (d. c. 1470)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORD See also:ROBERT See also:BOYD BOYD (d. c. 1470)  , Scottish statesman, was a son of See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Boyd (d . 1439), and belonged to an old and distinguished See also:family, one member of which, Sir See also:Robert Boyd, had fought with See also:Wallace and Robert See also:Bruce . Boyd, who was created a peer about 1454, was one of the regents of See also:Scotland during the minority of See also:James III., but, in 1466, with some associates he secured the See also:person of the See also:young See also:king and was appointed his See also:sole See also:governor . As ruler of Scotland he was instrumental in reforming some religious See also:foundations; he arranged the See also:marriage between James III. and See also:Margaret, daughter of See also:Christian I., king of See also:Denmark and See also:Norway, and secured the cession of the See also:Orkney Islands by Norway . However, when in 1467 he obtained the offices of See also:chamberlain and See also:justiciary for himself, and the See also:hand of the king's See also:sister See also:Mary, with the See also:title of See also:earl of See also:Arran for his eldest son Thomas, his enemies became too strong for him, and he was found guilty of See also:treason and sentenced to See also:death . He escaped to See also:England, and the date of his death is unknown . His See also:brother and assistant, Sir See also:Alexander Boyd, was beheaded on the 22nd of See also:November 1469 . Boyd's son Thomas, earl of Arran, was in Denmark when his See also:father was overthrown . However, he fulfilled his See also:mission, that of bringing the king's See also:bride, Margaret, to Scotland, and then, warned by his wife, escaped to the See also:continent of See also:Europe . He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent See also:history . See also:Lord Boyd's See also:grandson Robert (d. c . 1550), a son of Alexander Boyd, was confirmed in the See also:possession of the estates and honours of his grandfather in 1549, and is generally regarded as the 3rd Lord Boyd .

His son Robert, 4th Lord Boyd (d . 1590), took a prominent See also:

part in Scottish politics during the troubled See also:time which followed the death of James V. in 1542 . At first he favoured the reformed See also:religion, but afterwards his views changed and he became one of the most trusted advisers of Mary, See also:queen of Scots, whom he accompanied to the See also:battle of Langside in 1568 . During the queen's captivity he was often employed on See also:diplomatic errands; he tried to stir up insurrections in her favour, and he was suspected of participation in the See also:murder II of the See also:regent See also:Murray . He enjoyed a high and influential position under the regent James See also:Douglas, earl of See also:Morton, but was banished in 1583 for his See also:share in the seizure of King James VI., a See also:plot known as the See also:Raid of See also:Ruthven . He retired to See also:France, but was soon allowed to return to Scotland . He died on the 3rd of See also:January 1590 . See also:William, 8th or 9th Lord Boyd (d . 1692), was created earl of See also:Kilmarnock in 1661, and this nobleman's grandson William, the 3rd earl (d . 1717), was a See also:partisan of the Hanoverian See also:kings and fought for See also:George I. during the rising of 1715 . His son William, the 4th earl (1704-1746), was educated in the same principles, but in 1745, owing either to a See also:personal affront or to the See also:influence of his wife or to his straitened circumstances he deserted George II. and joined See also:Charles See also:Edward, the Young Pretender . The 4th earl fought at See also:Falkirk and See also:Culloden, where he was made prisoner, and was beheaded on the 18th of See also:August 1746 .

The title of earl of Kilmarnock is now merged in that of earl of See also:

Erroll .

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