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
Geddes Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Both North East Scotland and the Borders were the main stamping grounds from earliest times of proud bearers of the Geddes name. • With close kinship to three ancient clans, they found themselves at...
Crawford Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Taking their name from the lands in Lanarkshire where they settled, the Crawfords spread westwards into Ayrshire and gained well-deserved renown as loyal defenders of Scotland's freedom, often at a...
Sutherland Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Taking their name from the most northerly part of Scotland, descendants of the name today first settled there during the reign from 1329 to 1371 of King David I, who had tasked them with ousting...
Allan Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
From the bloody carnage of the battlefield to the decidedly more sedate business boardroom, bearers of the proud Allan name and its variations such as ‘Allen’ have stamped an indelible mark not only...
MacLeod Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A rich and heady brew of the blood of norsemen and Celts runs through the veins of bearers of the proud name of MacLeod today. • They are believed to descend from the thirteenth century Leod, son of...
Geddes Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Both North East Scotland and the Borders were the main stamping grounds from earliest times of proud…
Crawford Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Taking their name from the lands in Lanarkshire where they settled, the Crawfords spread westwards i…
Sutherland Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
Taking their name from the most northerly part of Scotland, descendants of the name today first sett…
Allan Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
From the bloody carnage of the battlefield to the decidedly more sedate business boardroom, bearers …
MacLeod Ancestry Scottish Clan History Booklet, Scottish Gift
A rich and heady brew of the blood of norsemen and Celts runs through the veins of bearers of the pr…