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Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session 1517–1589 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1517

Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 2 January 1589

Death Location: Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb

Father: Lord Kilmarnock

Mother: Lady Somerville**

Spouse(s): Countess Colquhoun

Children(s): Lady Kilmarnock

Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session was born in 1517 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Robert Lee Boyd 3Rd Earl Boyd 4Th Lord Of Kilmarnock And Lady Helen Kelly Somerville. Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session married Countess Margaret Maud Colquhoun, and had children including Lady Agnes Maxwell Boyd Of Kilmarnock. Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session passed away in 1589 in Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb.

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Biography

  • Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session was born in 1517 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of Lord Robert Lee Boyd 3Rd Earl Boyd 4Th Lord Of Kilmarnock And Lady Helen Kelly Somerville.
  • Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session married Countess Margaret Maud Colquhoun, and had children including Lady Agnes Maxwell Boyd Of Kilmarnock.
  • Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session passed away in 1589 in Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Kilmarnock
1485–1589
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Lady Somerville**
1489–1536
Birth Location: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Countess Colquhoun
1518–1601
Birth Location: Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Lady Kilmarnock
1543–1584
Birth Location: Luss, Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lord Session's Ancestors

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Lord Session
1517–1589
Birth Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Lord Robert Lee Boyd, 3rd Earl Boyd, 4th Lord of Kilmarnock
1485–1589
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Helen Kelly.) Somerville**
1489–1536
Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lord Session's Descendants

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Lord (Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of) Session (3 Jan 1517–2 January 1589) m. Countess (Margaret Maud) Colquhoun (1518–11 AUG 1601)
  1. 1. Lady (Agnes Maxwell Boyd of) Kilmarnock 1543–1584 m. Sir (John, XIII Colquhoun, 15th Laird of Luss, Lord of) Dumbarton 1523–1574
    1. 1. Alexander ((Alasdair) Colquhoun 15th of Colquhoun, 17th of) Lus 1573–1617 m. Lady (Margaret Helen) Buchanan 1576–1617
      1. 1. Adam (Colquhoun, Laird of) Colquhoun 1598–1634 m. Christian ((Christane), (Lady)) Lindsay 1603–1629
        1. 1. Sir (Robert "Laird of Colquhoun Clan" Colquhoun) (Calhoun) 1622–1666 m. Katharine (McAuselan) Colquhoun 1623–1658
        2. 2. Patrick (( twin )) Calhoun 1635–
        3. 3. Susan ((twin)) Calhoun 1635–
        4. 4. Abram (Collen) Colquhoun 1619–1643
        5. 5. Helen Colquhoun 1625–1676
        6. 6. Nancy Colquhoun 1622–
      2. 2. Sir (Alexander) Cahoon 1599–1632
      3. 3. Mary Colquhoun 1611–1632
      4. 4. David Colquhoun 1825–1897
      5. 5. George Colquhoun 1596–1686
      6. 6. Walter (Cahun) Colquhoun 1596–1599
      7. 7. Jean Colquhoun 1597–1632
      8. 8. Sir (John Luss) Colquhoun 1596–1655
      9. 9. Katherine Colquhoun 1609–1620
      10. 10. Humphry Colquhoun 1598–1639
      11. 11. Eveonea Colquhoun 1603–1620
      12. 12. Pilam Calquhoun 1601–1632
      13. 13. Jean Colquhoun 1607–1650
      14. 14. Walter (Colquhoun) Calhoun 1602–1686
      15. 15. Helen (Colquhoun) Calhoun 1594–1595
      16. 16. Nancy Colquhoun 1607–1630
    2. 2. John (Ian) Colquhoun 1565–1592
    3. 3. Margaret Colquhoun 1572–1602
    4. 4. Jean Colquhoun 1569–1602
    5. 5. Lady (Margaret Mariot Colquhoun Stirling) -** 1544–1602
    6. 6. Lady (Jean Colquhoun) (Minto) 1572–1593
    7. 7. Sir (Gavin) Colquhoun 1566–
    8. 8. Margaret (Colquhoun) (Edmonstone) 1574–1602
    9. 9. John ("Ian" Colquhoun) II 1567–1592
    10. 10. Sir (Humphry Colquhoun, 14th Laird of Luss) -X 1565–1592
    11. 11. Lady (Joan) Calquhoun 1569–1592
    12. 12. John (Roy) Colquhoun 1567–1592
    13. 13. John ("Ian" Colquhoun) II 1567–1592
    14. 14. Mary Colquhoun 1574–1602

Lord Session's Timeline

2 Records

1517
3 Jan 1517
Birth of Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1589
2 January 1589
Age 72
Death of Lord Robert G Boyd, 5th Lord of Kilmarnock, Extraordinary Lord of Session in Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb
Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1517
    Event Place: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ayr, Lanark, & Stirling: - The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Coalshill, Ayr, ScotlandLord Robert G Boyd

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Dumbarton, Ayr, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Dumbarton, Ayr, ScotlandLord Robert G Boyd

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 January 1589
    Event Place: Alnwick (Northumberland) Gb
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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