B7315-Boyd

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Name of the family:

Boyd

Blason:

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, az. a fess chequy ar. and gu. betw. three crescents of the second, for Boyd; 2nd and 3rd, az. a lion ramp. ar. in chief two robin redbreasts ppr., for Rochfort.

Crest(s):

1st, Out of a ducal coronet or, a hand erect, with the third and fourth fingers folded ppr., for Boyd; 2nd, On a mural crown or, a robin redbreast ppr. charged with across pattée gold, for Rochfort.

Motto:

under the Arms, Candor dat viribus alts; and over the 1st crest, Confido.

Info about the family:

Rochfort Boyd. Exemplified in 1867 to George Augustus Boyd Esq., of Middleton Park, co. Westmeath, only son of Abraham Boyd, Esq., Q.C.,by Jane, dau. and eventual sole heiress of Rev. James McKay, of Dromore, co. Down, and relict of George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Betvidere on his assuming by royal licence the additional surname and arms of Rochfort

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110

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