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William Boyd (1704–18 August 1746), 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
Earl of Kilmarnock

The title Earl of Kilmarnock was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1661 for William Boyd, 1st Earl of Kilmarnock. That title was also created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1454 for Robert Boyd, The Great Chamberlain....
, was a Scottish
Scotland

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 nobleman.

William Boyd was educated at Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
. Like his father in the rebellion
Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
 of 1715, William initially supported the Government side, but in the rebellion of 1745, owing either to a personal affront or to the influence of his wife or to his straitened circumstances he deserted George II and joined Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was the exiled Jacobitism claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland. He is commonly known in English and Scots language as Bonnie Prince Charlie....
, the Young Pretender.

Made a Privy Counsellor to Charles, he was appointed a colonel of guards and subsequently a general.






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William Boyd (1704–18 August 1746), 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
Earl of Kilmarnock

The title Earl of Kilmarnock was created in the peerage of Scotland in 1661 for William Boyd, 1st Earl of Kilmarnock. That title was also created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1454 for Robert Boyd, The Great Chamberlain....
, was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 nobleman.

William Boyd was educated at Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
. Like his father in the rebellion
Jacobite rising

The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland , and Kingdom of Ireland occurring between 1688 and 1746....
 of 1715, William initially supported the Government side, but in the rebellion of 1745, owing either to a personal affront or to the influence of his wife or to his straitened circumstances he deserted George II and joined Charles Edward Stuart
Charles Edward Stuart

Charles Edward Stuart was the exiled Jacobitism claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland. He is commonly known in English and Scots language as Bonnie Prince Charlie....
, the Young Pretender.

Made a Privy Counsellor to Charles, he was appointed a colonel of guards and subsequently a general. He fought at Falkirk
Battle of Falkirk (1746)

During the Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Falkirk Muir was the last noteworthy Jacobitism success....
 and Culloden
Battle of Culloden

The Battle of Culloden was the final clash between the French-supported Jacobitism and the House of Hanover British Government in the 1745 Jacobite Rising#The 'Forty-Five'....
, where he was taken prisoner, and was beheaded on Tower Hill on 18 August 1746. On his coffin was a plate with the inscription, "Gulielmus. Comes. de Kilmarnock decollatus, 18 Augusti, 1746, Ætat. suæ 42," with an earl's coronet over it, and 6 coronets over the six handles.