Lady Rebecca Boyd

Rebecca, daughter of Alexander Lockhart of Craighouse, later Lord Covington. Lady Rebecca Boyd stands three quarter length, wearing a satin dress with tight pearl embroidered bodice and satin cloak, as Diana the Huntress. She carries a long spear and wears a crescent jewel and pearls in her hair, and is accompanied by her greyhound. Rebecca, daughter of Alexander Lockhart of Craighouse, later Lord Covington.

On 15 September 1749 she married James Lord Boyd, eldest son of the 4th Earl of Kilmarnock, who had been beheaded in 1745 for his part in the Jacobite uprising, and his title attainted. Lord Boyd as then in the 21st Regiment of Foot in the army of King George II and consequently was able to inherit his father's estate, but not the title of Earl. In 1758 he inherited* the title of 15th Earl of Erroll, and his wife died as Countess of Erroll 2nd May 1761."

* He took the surname of Hay in order to inherit, and the Hay chiefs have descended from him since 1758. The current Lord Erroll descends from James Boyd.

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This (c) etching dated 1749 is in the private collection of

David Ayre of Kilmarnock

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