• Source: Andrew Boyd (bishop)

      • Andrew Boyd, Bishop of Argyll (1567–1636) was a Scottish Protestant bishop and Latin poet.


      Life


      He was born in 1567 the natural son of Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd and half-brother of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd. He was educated at Glasgow University graduating MA in 1584.
      Boyd was made the parson of Eaglesham in 1589, and was promoted to the see of Argyll, as their Bishop, in March 1613. He was recorded as "a good man, and did much good in his diocese, where he always resided."
      He died on 22 December 1636 and is buried in Dunoon parish church. His position as bishop was filled by Rev James Fairlie.


      Family


      He married Elizabeth (Bessie) Cunningham (Conyngham), daughter of Adam Cunningham of Auchenharvie, and widow of Thomas Boyd of Pilton. [Fasti vol VIII, p. 332]. They had six sons and one daughter:

      Thomas Boyd, minister of Eaglesham
      Andrew Boyd, Archdeacon of Argyll and minister of Lochgoilhead
      George Boyd
      James Boyd of Ruchrie
      Adam Boyd (d.1649)
      Hugh Boyd
      Elizabeth, married Rev Andrew Hamilton of Kilbarchan


      References


      Specific

      General
      Keith, Robert (1824). An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down To The Year 1688. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell and Bradfute. pp. 289–290.
      Lundy, Darryl (2015). "The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe". p. 528.
      Jamie Reid Baxter: Mr. Andrew Boyd (1567-1636): A neo-Stoic bishop of Argyll and his writings, in Sixteenth Century Scotland: Essays in honour of Michael Lynch, ed. J. Goodare & A. Macdonald, Brill 2008

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