Boyd, Robert Boyd, 1st Lord

Boyd, Robert Boyd, 1st Lord

▪ Scottish statesman
died c. 1471, Northumberland, Eng.

      Scottish statesman during the reign of James III.

      He was a son of Sir Thomas Boyd (d. 1439) and belonged to an old and distinguished family, one member of which, Sir Robert Boyd, had fought with William Wallace and Robert de Bruce. Boyd, who was created a peer, Lord Boyd, about 1454, was one of the regents of Scotland during the minority of James III; but, in 1466, with some associates he secured the person of the young king and was appointed his sole governor. As ruler of Scotland he was instrumental in reforming some religious foundations; he arranged the marriage between James III and Margaret, daughter of Christian I, king of Denmark and Norway, and secured the cession of the Orkney Islands by Norway. However, when in 1467 he obtained for himself the offices of chamberlain and justiciary and the hand of the king's sister Mary, with the title of earl of Arran for his eldest son, Thomas, his enemies became too strong for him, and he was found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. He escaped to England and died soon after. His brother and assistant, Sir Alexander Boyd, was detained by illness and was beheaded on Nov. 22, 1469.

      Boyd's son Thomas Boyd, earl of Arran (d. c. 1473), was in Denmark when his father was overthrown. However, he fulfilled his mission, that of bringing the king's bride, Margaret, to Scotland, and then, warned by his wife, escaped to the continent of Europe. He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters, but practically nothing is known of his subsequent history. He was dead by 1474, the year of his widow's marriage to Lord Hamilton, from whom the Hamilton earls of Arran are descended.

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