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BOYD ARMS

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Officially Recorded in Scotland

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
. 1) BOYD
Lord Boyd

2) BOYD
Earl Kilmarnock

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules. 1)Sir David Lindsay's Armorial, 1542 - DL118
2) Alexander Nisbet's A System of Heraldry 1722
. BOYD OF PINKELL

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules and in base a cross Moline Or. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1672-7
. BOYD OF PITCON

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules within a bordure Or. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1672-7
. BOYD OF TROCHRIG

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between two cross crosslets fitchée in chief and as many mullets in base of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1672-7
. 1) David BOYD
Edinburgh

2) Lt-Gen Sir Robert BOYD

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between two barrulets of the second. 1) Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1672-7
2) Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1786
. John BOYD
Edinburgh

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between three roses in chief and a crescent in base of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1672-7
From the Blazon:

As Emblazoned in the Register;
Captain James Waddell BOYD

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between two buckles in chief of the second and a saltire in base chequy Or and of the third. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1858

It would appear that the Arms displayed in the Lyon Register have the "saltire in base chequy Or and of the third" couped.

. BOYD OF TOWNEND

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between three escutcheons of the second. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1865
. BOYD OF MAXPOFFLE co. Roxburgh

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between three mullets in chief and an anchor in base of the second wreathed about a cable proper. Sir James Balfour Paul's Scottish Ordinary - 1892
. Rt Hon Gilbert Allan Rowland BOYD
(formerly G A R Hay)
Baron Kilmarnock

Quarterly 1st Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules (for Boyd)2nd Argent three inescutcheons Gules (for Hay)3rd Argent three gillyflowers Gules within a double tressure flory counter flory Vert (for Livingston) 4th Sable a bend between six billets Or (for Callendar). An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973.
6th November 1941 34/43
. Rt Hon Alan Tindal LENNOX-BOYD
Viscount Boyd of Merton

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between an abbatical mitra simplex of the second filleted of the third in chief and in base a rose of the second seeded Vert and barbed of the third. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973.
12th June 1961 44/85
. Lt Col Frederick Tilghman BOYD
USA

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between two gauntlets (dexter and sinister) fessways of the second jewelled of the third. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973.
18th June 1962 46/108
. Thomas Jamieson Laycock Stirling BOYD

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between three crosses Moline of the second a bordure engrailed Argent. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973.
17th July 1968 51/80
. Hon Christopher Alan LENNOX-BOYD

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between an abbatical mitra simplex of the second filleted of the third in chief and in base a rose of the second seeded Vert and barbed of the third within a bordure Or for Difference. An Ordinary of Arms Volume II 1902-1973.
23rd March 1970 54/68

Recorded in Canada

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
.
Full Achievement
Yvonne COVENEY-BOYD
Burnaby, British Columbia

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between in chief two horses' heads Argent each charged on the neck with a mullet Azure pierced Argent in base a Maltese cross Or. Canadian Heraldic Authority
January 25, 1996 -Vol. III, p. 68

Recorded Elsewhere

Arms
Armiger
Blazon
Source
. Hugh Alexander BOYD MA
of Ballycastle

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between four crescents of the second. The Armorial Who Is Who 1979-80;
Arms granted by the College of Arms 6 July 1954.
. Iain William BOYD

Chequy Argent and Gules on a chief Azure a Celtic interlacing pattern Or. The Armorial Who Is Who 1979-80;
Arms certified by Cronista Rey de Armas Don Vincente de Cadenas y Vincent 25 June 1974 & Ministry of Justice, Madrid, 3 July 1974.
. Rt Hon Alastair Ivor Gilbert BOYD

7th Baron Kilmarnock

Quarterly 1st Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules (for Boyd)2nd Argent three inescutcheons Gules (for Hay)3rd Argent three gillyflowers Gules within a double tressure flory counter flory Vert (for Livingston) 4th Sable a bend between six billets Or (for Callendar). Burke's Landed Gentry - The Kingdom in Scotland
. Rt Hon (Simon Donald Rupert Neville LENNOX-BOYD
2nd Viscount Boyd of Merton

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between an abbatical mitra simplex of the second filleted of the third in chief and in base a rose of the second seeded Vert and barbed of the third. Burke's Landed Gentry - The Kingdom in Scotland
. 1) Ven William BOYD
Archdeacon and Vicar of Arncliffe
&
2)Edward Fenwick BOYD
Moor House, Leamside, co Durham
Azure a fess indented chequy Argent and Gules between two lozenges of the second. 1) The Harleian Society's Grantees of Arms - 1882, Vol LXI, fol.370
2) Burke's General Armory

Arms granted to Archdeacon William and Charles Fenwick Boyd and to other descendants of their father, William Boyd

. 1)William BOYD
eldest son of Ven William Boyd
2)Ven Charles Twinning BOYD MA
Archdeacon of Colombo, Ceylon
second son of Ven William Boyd

3)George Fenwick BOYD
son of Edward Fenwick Boyd
4)Hugh Fenwick BOYD
son of Edward Fenwick Boyd
Azure a fess indented chequy Argent and Gules between two lozenges of the second. Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
. John BOYD
of Maxpoffle, co. Roxburgh

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules between three mullets in chief and an anchor in base of the second wreathed about a cable proper. Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
. William Henry BOYD
of Ballymacool, co. Donegal

His sons;
1)John Dopping BOYD
2)William Henry Ker Porter BOYD
3)Charles Knox Basil BOYD

Azure a fess chequy Argent and Gules in chief a trefoil Or. Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
. George Arthur BOYD-ROCHFORT Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure a fesse chequy Argent and gules between three crescents of the second (for Boyd) 2nd & 3rd Azure a lion rampant Argent in chief two robin redbreasts proper (for Rochfort). Fox-Davies Armorial Families 1902
. Sir Walter Herbert BOYD Bt
2nd Baronet (cr 1916)
Azure a fess chequy Argent and gules between three estoiles Or. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage 1923
. Rev Sir Frederick BOYD Bt
Of Ballycastle, co. Antrim
6th & last Baronet
Azure a fess chequy Or and Gules in chief three mullets and in base a crescent Or. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage 1923