Sir Robert Boyd

- Bef 1482

• Name	Sir Robert Boyd  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1454
  	1st Lord Boyd (created by James II)
  Occupation	1460
  	One of the Regents during the King's (James III) minority
  Occupation	1464
  	One of the commissioners for a truce with Edward IV
  Occupation	25 Oct 1466
  	Made sole Governor of the Realm by Act of Parliament
  Occupation	1467
  	Great Chamberlain
  Occupation	8 Sep 1468
  	Obtained the cession of Orkney to Scotland from Christian, King of Norway (whose daughter Margaret he negotiated a marriage with James III)
  Occupation	1469
  	Condemned for high treason he fled to Alnwick
  Died	Bef Oct 1482	Alnwick, Northumberland, England
  Person ID	I18233	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock,   d. 9 Jul 1439
  Family ID	F9935	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mariot Maxwell,   d. Aft 25 Jun 1472
  Married	Abt 1455
  Children	1. Elizabeth Boyd,   b. Abt 1458, Kilmarnock, Renfrew, Scotland ,   d. Bef 21 Feb 1497  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F9814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume I, p. 156 & Vol. II, p. 260.