Family and Education
b. 1666, 1st s. of John Boyle of Kelburn, and 1st w. Marion, da. of Sir Walter Steuart of Allanton, Lanark. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1681. m. (1) 19 Apr. 1687 (tocher 9,000 merks), Margaret (d.1695), da. of Hon. Patrick Crawford (formerly Lindsay), of Kilbirnie, Ayr. (2nd s. of John Lindsay, 17th earl of Crawford [S]), 3s.; (2) 16 Jun. 1697, Jean (d.1724), da. and h. of William Mure of Rowallan, Ayr. 1s. d.v.p. 4da. (at least 2 d.v.p.). d. 31 Oct. 1733; will (Glasgow) 3 Nov. 1735. Douglas, Scots Peerage, iv. 201-6; Young, Parls. of Scot. i. 66; Scot. Rec. Soc. vii. 195.
Offices Held
PC [S] 1697 – 1704, 1705 – 08; commr. exch. [S] 1697 – 1703, auditing treasury accts. [S] 1698, trade [S] 1698, union with England 1702 – 03, 1706, treasury [S] 1703 – 04, 1705 – 08; treas. depute [S] 1703 – 04, 1705 – 08; ld. clerk reg. [S] 1708–14.
Ld. high commr. gen. assembly Church of Scotland 1706 – 10.
Commr. supply Ayr 1686, 1690, 1704; Bute 1689, 1696, 1704; sheriff, Bute 1689 – 92; burgess, Edinburgh 1704; baillie, regality of Glasgow 1706.
Rector, Glasgow Univ. 1690 – 91.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Kelburn Castle, Fairlie.
Likenesses
mezzotint by J. Smith, aft. J. Richardson, 1711, NPG D11578.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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