Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd, was a Scottish noble.
Early life
Robert Boyd was born in November 1595. He was the son of Jean Boyd and Robert Boyd, Master of Boyd, who died v.p. in May 1597. After the death of his father, his mother married David Lindsay, 12th Earl of Crawford. They later divorced and she married Thomas Hamilton, of Robertoun. His maternal grandparents were Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, and Margaret Maxwell.Boyd was educated at the University of Saumur.
Career
In June 1611 he inherited the title of Lord Boyd on the death of his grandfather Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd.Personal life
Lord Boyd was twice married. His first marriage was in to Margaret Montgomerie, Countess of Eglintoun, the widow of Hugh Montgomerie, Earl of Eglintoun. She was the eldest daughter, and, heir of Hon. Robert Montgomerie of Giffen and Jean Campbell. Margaret was living as his wife as of 4 March 1616, but died s.p., in 1616.Lord Boyd married, secondly, Lady Christian Lindsay, widow of Robert Lindsay, 9th Lord Lindsay, on 9 December 1617. Lady Christian was the eldest daughter of Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington and Margaret Borthwick. Together they were the parents of:
- Isabel Boyd, who married John Sinclair of Stevenson, a younger son of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, of Stevenson, in 1638. After his death she married Sir John Grierson of Lag, son of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, in 1646.
- Christian Boyd, who married Sir William Scott of Harden, a grandson of Walter Scott of Harden, in 1641.
- Jean Boyd, who married Sir Alexander Morison.
- Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd, who married Lady Anne Fleming, daughter of John Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, in 1639.
- Marion Boyd, who married Sir James Dundas, Lord Arniston, in 1641.