1. Clan Boyd is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
18 Facts About Clan Boyd
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The name Boyd is said to be descriptive, being derived from the Scottish Gaelic buidh which means fair or yellow.
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In 1205 Robert de Clan Boyd witnessed a contract between the Lord of Eglinton and the burgh of Irvine.
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The high ground the Clan Boyd detachment took as part of a flanking action at Largs was called Gold Berry Hill.
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In 1306 Duncan Clan Boyd was executed for supporting the cause of Scottish Independence.
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Sir Thomas Boyd, 8th chief of Clan Boyd is recorded as having killed Sir Alan Stewart of Darnley in a feud that was in its third year.
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Clan Boyd's force consisted of only 100 men, where as Stewart's force consisted of three detachments each of seventy men.
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Lord Clan Boyd was later appointed as Great Chamberlain while his son, Thomas, was married to Princess Mary, the king's sister and was given the title Earl of Arran.
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Lord Clan Boyd realizing that he faced death escaped to England, while his brother Alexander was executed.
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Clan Boyd was succeeded by his uncle, Alexander Boyd, 3rd Lord Boyd, 12th chief, who was a favourite of James IV of Scotland who made him Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock.
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Clan Boyd later made many visits to her when she was held captive in England.
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Clan Boyd was captured at the Battle of Culloden and taken to the Tower of London.
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All of the Clan Boyd titles were then forfeited, however his eldest son succeeded through his mother to the title of Earl of Erroll and changed his surname to Hay.
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Clan Boyd's daughter was entitled to succeed in the earldom of Erroll and the chiefship of the Clan Hay but was excluded from the barony of Kilmarnock which could only pass to males.
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Consequently, the brother of the 22nd Earl resumed the surname of Clan Boyd and succeeded to the barony of Kilmarnock.
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Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock and Chief of Clan Boyd, died 19 March 2009.
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The barony and the chiefship pass to his brother Dr Robin Clan Boyd, who has not yet claimed either title.
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The crest badge used by members of House of Clan Boyd contains the motto CONFIDO.