Fourth Earl of Kilmarnock. Jacobite. Born the son of William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock and Eupheme Ross. During the Jacobite Rising of 1715 he and his father supported the Government against the Stewarts and raised troops to oppose them. He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Kilmarnock in 1717. For reasons unexplained, Kilmarnock, switched his allegiance to Prince Charles Edward Stewart in 1745. Kilmarnock rode with the Jacobites in command of FitzJames Horse at Derby, and at the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where he was captured. Along with other Jacobites, he was found guilty of high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill in London, his titles attainted.
Fourth Earl of Kilmarnock. Jacobite. Born the son of William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock and Eupheme Ross. During the Jacobite Rising of 1715 he and his father supported the Government against the Stewarts and raised troops to oppose them. He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Kilmarnock in 1717. For reasons unexplained, Kilmarnock, switched his allegiance to Prince Charles Edward Stewart in 1745. Kilmarnock rode with the Jacobites in command of FitzJames Horse at Derby, and at the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden where he was captured. Along with other Jacobites, he was found guilty of high treason and beheaded on Tower Hill in London, his titles attainted.
