James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd (–1654), was a Scottish noble who adhered to the Royalist cause during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The Wars of the Three Kingdoms formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in England, Ireland, and Scotland between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the "Personal Rule" of the same monarch...

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Biography

James Boyed was the younger brother of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd

Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd

-Biography:Robert Boyd was born November 1595 and educated at University of Saumur. In June 1611 he inherited the title of Lord Boyd on the death of his grandfather Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd. He died 28 August 1628, aged 33.-Family:...

 and inherited the title in 1641 on the death of his nephew Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd

Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd

Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd , was a Scottish noble and politician.-Biography:Robert Boyd was the only son and heir by second wife of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1618. He was made J.P. for Cuningham on 25 November 1634...

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James Boyd was a steadfast Royalist, joined the Association at Cumbernauld in favour of Charles I in January 1641, he was one of the Committee of War for the South 16 April 1644, and for Ayr 24 July 1644, and 18 April 1648.

He was included in the list of the nobility to be summoned to the Committee of Estates

Committee of Estates

The Committee of Estates governed Scotland during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms when the Parliament of Scotland was not sitting. It was dominated by Covenanters of which the most influential faction was that of the Earl of Argyll....

, in Cromwell's letter to Lieutenant-General David Leslie

David Leslie

David Leslie, Lord Newark was a cavalry officer and General in the English Civil War and Scottish Civil Wars. A son of Patrick Leslie, 1st Lord Lindores, he fought for the Swedish army of Gustavus Adolphus as a professional soldier during the Thirty Years' War.-Civil war:On the outbreak of the...

 17 January 1650, and was fined £1,500 under the Cromwell's Act of Grace

Cromwell's Act of Grace

Cromwell's Act of Grace or more formally the Act of Pardon and Grace to the People of Scotland, was proclaimed at the mercat cross in Edinburgh on 5 May 1654...

 on 12 April 1654, a sum afterwards, 9 March 1655, reduced to £500. His steady support of the royal cause appears to have financially embarrassed him, as he was obliged to wadset several portions of his estate to Sir William Cochrane of Cowdoun.

Lord James is said to have paid great attention to the trade of Kilmarnock, and to have established a school in the town for "the educatioune and learning off zoung ones"[sic]. His will was confirmed at Edinburgh 23 October 1655, and he appears to have died in March 1654.

Family

Lord James married, before 1640, Catherine, second daughter and coheir of John Crayke of the city of York, the eldest, but disinherited, son of Ralph Crayke of Marton, Yorkshire. She was baptized at Bridlington 3 January 1619. In commemoration of this marriage the words "James Boyd and Catherine Craik", with the family arms, were sculptured on one of the towers of Dean Castle

Dean Castle

Dean Castle is situated in the Dean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the stronghold for the Boyd Family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years....

, the family seat at Kilmarnock. They had issue:

1. William, Master of Boyd, afterwards first Earl of Kilmarnock
   Earl of Kilmarnock
   The title Earl of Kilmarnock was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1661 for William Boyd, 10th Lord Boyd. That title was also created in the Scottish peerage in 1454 for Robert Boyd, Great Chamberlain of Scotland...
   
   , heir and successor.
2. Margaret.
3. Eva, both styled daughters lawful to the deceased James, Lord Boyd, 24 March 1659.
4. Jean, married David Cunningham, 1st Baronet of Robertland. She, died 8 May 1665.