The blood of Norman warriors who first arrived on British shores with the Conquest of 1066, flows through the veins of the Boyds of today.
• By the twelfth century they had found a new home in Scotland, where over the following centuries they played a noble role in defence of the nation’s freedom and independence.
• In more peaceful times, and on the stage, William Boyd was the American actor born in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1895 and who began his career in silent film romances but later achieved fame as the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy.
Product code: ILUV-LS-SC-BK-BOYD
Elliot Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
With their defiant motto of ‘Boldly and rightly’ and crest of a hand clutching a cutlass, the Elliots were for centuries one of the most notorious clans of the near-anarchic Scottish Borders. • As...
MacLennan Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Closely allied for centuries to the Mackenzies and the Macraes and also with possible family links to the Logans, the MacLennans take their name from MacGille Finnan, meaning ‘the son of the follower...
Jones Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
With roots that lie deep in the ancient soils of both Wales and England, today's bearers of the Jones name are nevertheless also heirs to a unique Celtic bond with Scotland. • But whatever the...
Murdoch Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Recognised as kinsfolk of two proud Scottish clans, Clan Macpherson and Clan Donald, bearers of the Murdoch name have also stamped their own indelible mark on the pages of the colourful drama that is...
Lamont Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Believed to trace a descent from the ancient Irish royal family the O’Neills, who came to dominate territory on Scotland's western seaboard, the Lamonts established a main base at Castle Toward,...
Elliot Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
With their defiant motto of ‘Boldly and rightly’ and crest of a hand clutching a cutlass, the Elliot…
MacLennan Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Closely allied for centuries to the Mackenzies and the Macraes and also with possible family links t…
Jones Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
With roots that lie deep in the ancient soils of both Wales and England, today's bearers of the Jone…
Murdoch Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Recognised as kinsfolk of two proud Scottish clans, Clan Macpherson and Clan Donald, bearers of the …
Lamont Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Believed to trace a descent from the ancient Irish royal family the O’Neills, who came to dominate t…