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unusual facts about Boyd Family



Doris Boyd

The Boyd family artistic dynasty includes painters, sculptors, architects and other arts professionals, commencing with Doris Boyd's father-in-law Arthur Merric Boyd; and Merric Boyd's brothers Penleigh, a landscape artist, and Martin, a writer.


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Ballymacool Park

The Boyd family crest was inscribed on the silver which was received by Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran on his marriage to Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of James II of Scotland.

Charles Henry Chomley

During this time, Chomley’s London home in Ladbroke Gardens became a social hub for his fellow Antipodeans; as Brenda Niall writes in her biography of the Boyd family, Chomley’s restless temper and radical ideas fostered an environment in which topics of any manner could be discussed.

Loch of Trabboch

The Loch of Trabboch or Dalrympleston Loch (NS440211) was situated in a low lying area below the old Castle of Trabboch, once held by the Boyd family in the Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.