Person:William Boyd (75)
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
b.1704
d.18 Aug 1746 Tower Hill, London, England
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  • H.  William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock1704 - 1746
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  1. James Boyd1726 - 1778
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Name William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1704
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Death[1] 18 Aug 1746 Tower Hill, London, Englandbeheaded
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William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (12 May 170518 August 1746), was a Scottish peer who joined the 1745 Jacobite Rising, was captured at Culloden and subsequently executed for treason on Tower Hill.

His family were supporters of the government and Kilmarnock had not previously been involved with the Stuarts; he later stated "for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving."

His title was declared forfeit and his heavily mortgaged estates confiscated; they were later returned to his eldest son James, later Earl of Erroll, who fought at Culloden on the government side.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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