Andrew Boyd (bishop)

Andrew Boyd, Bishop of Argyll (c. 1566 – 22 December 1636) was a Scottish bishop. He was the natural son of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd (see Scots Peerage vol V, p. 167. M.A. Glasgow 1584).

Biography

Boyd was the parson of Eaglesham, and was preferred to the see of Argyll, as their Bishop, in the year 1613. He was recorded as "a good man, and did much good in his diocese, where he always resided."[1]

Family

He married Elizabeth Conyngham, daughter of Adam, of Auchenharvie [Fasti vol VIII, p. 332]. They had six sons and one daughter.

Death

Boyd died on 22 December 1636. He is interred in the graveyard of the High Kirk, Dunoon, Scotland.[2]

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