William Boyd (10 February 1728-December 1780)

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Father:1William Boyd (12 May 1705-18 August 1746), 4. Earl of Kilmarnock
Mother:2Anne Livingston (January 1709-16 September 1747)
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Born:310 February 1728Falkirk [city/town], Stirlingshire [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country]
He was a twin with his brother Charles.
Baptised:410 February 1728Falkirk [city/town], Stirlingshire [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country]
Died:5December 1780
Apparently between 27 and 30 December.
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He entered the Royal Navy, joining H.M.S. Deptford 26 April 1744, as one of the retinue of Commodore Curtis Barnet. He was promoted A.B. 13 October 1744, and midshipman 25 September 1745. On 20 December 1745 Commodore Barnet shifted his flag to the Harwich, and Mr. Boyd was discharged to that ship on the same day, and appears to have remained in her until 31 December 1748, when he is marked as discharged with the word 'preferment' in the 'Remarks' column. No further trace of him can be found, however, until 26 November 1755, when he was appointed ensign in the 8th Foot. He was gazetted ensign 54th Foot the same day, lieutenant same regiment, afterwards the 52nd, 5 May 1756; captain 87th Foot 6 January 1760, and of the 114th Foot 17 October 1761. That regiment was disbanded in 1763, when he was placed on half-pay, and his name disappeared from the Army List of 1768.6
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1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, volume V: (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1908), Kilmarnock, p. 177-81, XIII William Boyd.
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