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BG.746.013
25 Nov 1746:11,12 (1289)
Memoirs of the Life and Family of Lord Kilmarnock, lately
convicted of high treason. William Boyde, Earl of
Kilmarnock and Lord Boyde, takes his title of Earl from a
Royal borough of that name in the shire of Cunningham. . .
[traces the lineage from the 12th century] William, his
great grandson, the 4th and present Earl, now confined in
the Tower of London, was but very young when his father
died. His father's death leaving him too soon at liberty to
be his own master, and the indulgence that is generally
given to young noblemen, added to the natural sprightliness
of his temper, soon gave him an aversion to a rigorous study
of letters. . . He was more happy in riding,, fencing,
dancing, and some musick; in all which he exelled, and is
esteemed by men of taste, a polite gentleman.
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