Chiefs of Clan Boyd of Scotland
Direct Male Lineage
Sir Robert Boyd (Dominus de Boyd), b 11xx, d 1240.
Robert Dictus Boyd (Dominus de Boyd), b 12xx, d 1270.
Robert Boyd (Dominus Robert de Boyd), d 12xx, d 13xx.
Sir Robert Boyd, first Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock, b 12xx, d not long after July 1333.
Sir Thomas Boyd, second Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock, b 12xx, d 13xx, living 17/10/1346.
Sir Thomas Boyd, third Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock, b 13xx, d 14xx, living 1409.
Sir Thomas Boyd, fourth Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock, b 13xx, d 7/7/1432.
Sir Thomas Boyd, fifth Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock, b 14xx, k 9/7/1439.
Robert Boyd, first Lord Boyd (created before 18 July 1454), b 14xx, d before 14/10/1482.
Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran (created on 26/4/1467), b 14xx, d Antwerp, likely before 1474.
James Boyd, second Lord Boyd, bc 1468, d 1484.
Alexander Boyd, third Lord Boyd (but never assumed the title), b 14xx, d15xx, the date has not been ascertained. (Brother of Thomas Boyd)
Robert Boyd, fourth Lord Boyd (title restored in 1536 by James V), b before 1523, d between 29/7/1557 and 10/5/1558.
Robert Boyd, fifth Lord Boyd, bc 1517, d 3/1/1589.
Thomas Boyd, sixth Lord Boyd, b 15xx, d June 1611.
Robert Boyd, Master of Boyd, b 15xx, d May 1597.
Robert Boyd, seventh Lord Boyd, b November 1595, d 28/8/1628.
Robert Boyd, eighth Lord Boyd, bc 1618, d 17/11/1640.
James Boyd, ninth Lord Boyd, bc 1600, dc March 1654. (Brother of Robert Boyd)
William Boyd, tenth Lord Boyd (created Earl of Kilmarnock 7/8/1661), bc1640, d March 1692.
William Boyd, second Earl of Kilmarnock, bc 1663-4, d 20/5/1692.
William Boyd, third Earl of Kilmarnock, bc 1683 or 1684, d September or 22/11/1717.
William Boyd, fourth and last Earl of Kilmarnock, b 12/5/1705, d 18/8/1746. William was attainted in 1746 for his part in the 1745 uprising and lost his title and lands.
James Boyd, fifteenth Earl of Erroll, b 20/4/1726, d 3/7/1778. In 1759 when he succeeded to Earl of Erroll from his great aunt, he changed his name to Hay and was chief of the Clan Hay.
George Hay, sixteenth Earl of Erroll, b 13/5/1767, d 14/6/1798.
William Hay, seventeenth Earl of Erroll, b 12/3/1772, d 26/1/1819. (Brother of George Hay)
William George Hay, eighteenth Earl of Erroll, b 21/1/1801, d 19/4/1846 (created by patent dated 17/6/1831 Baron Kilmarnock of Kilmarnock, Co Ayr)
William Henry Hay, nineteenth Earl of Erroll and second Baron Kilmarnock, b 3/5/1823, d 3/12/1891.
Charles Gore Hay, twentieth Earl of Erroll and third Baron Kilmarnock, b7/2/1852, d 12/10/1934.
Victor Alexander Sereld Hay, twenty-first Earl of Erroll and fourth Baron Kilmarnock, 17/10/1876, d 20/2/1928.
Josslyn Victor Hay, twenty-second Earl of Erroll and fifth Baron Kilmarnock, b 11/5/1901, k 24/1/1941.
Gilbert Allan Rowland Hay, sixth Baron Kilmarnock, b 15/1/1903, d 1975. He assumed the family name of BOYD in lieu of Hay in 1941 by warrant of the Lord Lyon of Arms
Alistair Ivor Gilbert Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock., d. 27 May 1927
Robin Jordan Boyd, 8th Baron Kilmarnock (who has chosen not to assume the title as Chief of Name.)
Tanist
Simon John Boyd, son and heir apparent of the 8th Baron Kilmarnock, who will also become the 9th Baron Kilmarnock