Background
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.
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. Under this grant Thomas, not improbably, became Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock. He died June 1611.
Thomas was the second but first surviving son and heir of Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd.
Thomas Boyd married firstly, before 1568, when she was living, Margaret, 2nd daughter of Sir Matthew Campbell, of Loudoun, by Isabel, daughter of Sir John Drummond, of Innerpeffry.