Clan Boyd

Although all the possessions were confiscated by Boyd, son of Thomas and Mary, James Boyd, 2 nd Lord Boyd, in 1482 managed to get them back, but only slightly - in 1484 he died at the hands of Hugh Montgomery, 4 th Earl Eglinton, with the clan Boyd is in a state of enmity, and the land again retreated to the crown. More than half a century for revenge on his cousin, James Robert, 4 th Lord Boyd, who in June 1547 killed one of Montgomery, Sir Neil.

In 1536 during the reign of James V Robert Boyd have been returned to the ownership and title. His son, Robert, 5 th Lord Boyd, was one of the retinue of Queen Mary Stuart, and actively participated in the internal politics of the country. First, during the queen's youth, he was a supporter of James Hamilton, 2 nd Earl of Arran, Regent of Scotland, then joined the party of the nobles who opposed Mary of Guise (regent of Scotland after the removal of Earl of Arran) and the marriage of Mary with the Dauphin of France.

According to some reports, Robert was also related to the deaths of 10 February 1567, Lord Darnley, husband of Queen hateful. Later, Robert Boyd was the Privy Council of Mary Stuart, was the opposition to Count Moray, Regent of Scotland after her abdication, and in 1568, after fleeing the queen of the castle of Loch Leven, fought on its side in the battle of Langside (along with his son Thomas Boyd). Defeated, Mary Stuart fled to England, and Robert Boyd repeatedly visited her at the court of Elizabeth I.

During the Civil War, the clan members were on the side of King Charles I, for that in 1661 William Boyd, 10 th Lord Boyd, was granted the title of the 1 st Earl Boyd.