Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd (c. 1547–1611) was a Scottish noble and politician.
Biography Thomas Boyd, with his father, Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd, fought at the battle of Langside on 13 May 1568, for Mary, Queen of Scots. He inherited the title Lord Boyd on the death of 5th Lord Boyd in 1590. He resigned his whole estate to the King, from whom, on 12 January 1592,Julian dates with 1 January as the start of year (See Old Style and New Style dates) he obtained a new charter thereof, "erecting the same into a free Lordship and Barony, to be called the Lordship and Barony of Kilmarnock" to himself for life, with remainder to his son and heir apparent, Robert, Master of Boyd, in tail male, remainder to "heirs male," thereby excluding the heirs general. Under this grant Thomas, not improbably, became Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock. He died June 1611. As Robert died before his father, the estates and title passed to his son Robert.
Family Thomas was the second but first surviving son and heir of Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd. His elder brother Robert Boyd styled Master Boyd, son and heir apparent, was living 14 October 1550, died s.p. and v. p. soon afterwards.
Thomas Boyd married firstly, before 1568, when she was living, Marion, 3rd daughter (not to be confused with Margaret, 8th daughter who married Sir John Wallace) of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun, by Isabel, daughter of John Drummond of Innerpeffray. He married secondly to Jane daughter of William Stockdale. He married, lastly, to Elizabeth Wallace, who survived him.
His children included: Robert, Master of Boyd, (died 1597), who married Jean Kerr, a daughter of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian. His children included Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd and James Boyd, 9th Lord Boyd. Thomas Boyd of Bedlay Andrew Boyd, who was made bishop of Argyll in 1632. Marion Boyd, who married James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn (died 1632). She may have been the "Mistress of Paisley" attending Anne of Denmark at Stirling Castle with Margaret Seton, Lady Paisley in April 1603.William Fraser, Memorials of the Earls of Haddington, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1889), p. 211 Isabel Boyd, who married (1) John Blair younger of that ilk, (2) Dougal Campbell of Auchinbreck. Francis Hamilton the heir of Provan Hall had been contracted to marry her in 1607, and would later accuse her of witchcraft.Jamie Reid Baxter, 'The Apocalyptic Muse of Francis Hamilton of Silvertonhill (c.1585-1645)', Journal of the Northern Renaissance, 4, 2012 Agnes Boyd, who married George Elphinstone of Blythswood, Provost of Glasgow in August 1600. As a wedding gift James VI of Scotland gave her a gold chain necklace and a gold belt set with pearls, and a pair of matching gold "garnishings" set with pearl to wear in her hair, worth £580 Scots.Robert Pitcairn, Criminal Trials in Scotland, vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1833), p. 238, quoting the royal treasurer's accounts; "ane cheinzie and ane belt of goldsmyth work, set with pearle, with ane pair of garnissingis in the lyk wark, set with pearle, propynit in his Maiestis name, to Sir George Elphinstounis wyff the day of hir mariage." After spending a weekend in Glasgow with the newly weds at the end of August, James VI gave George Elphinstone land in the New Park of Partick to build a better house to entertain him in the next time.Calendar State Papers Scotland, 13:2 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 705 no. 552: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, vol. 6, no. 1110.
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