Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran

Thomas Boyd,(d. c. 1472) 1st Earl of Arran was a Scottish nobleman.

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The son of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, Thomas was created Earl of Arran and Baron Kilmarnock in the Peerage of Scotland in 1467. He married Lady Mary, sister of James III in 1467. The family successfully negotiated the king's marriage to Margaret of Norway and Thomas escorted her from Denmark to Scotland in 1469.

Related Topics:
Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd - Earl of Arran - Peerage of Scotland - James III - Margaret of Norway - Denmark

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The Boyd family made itself unpopular, especially with the king, by self-aggrandisement. Conflict broke out between James and the family. Robert and Thomas Boyd (with Mary) were out of the country involved in diplomacy when their regime was overthrown. Thomas fled on hearing of his father's trial, and died at Antwerp. His marriage to Mary was later declared void in 1473.

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He is mentioned very eulogistically in one of the Paston Letters.

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