Boyd baronets of Danson (1775)

The Boyd baronetcy, of Danson in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 2 June 1775 for John Boyd.[1] He was a sugar merchant and vice-chairman of the British East India Company; he was also a plantation owner on St Kitts, and built the mansion of Danson Hill near Bexleyheath.[2][3][4]

He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet. He represented Wareham in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1784.[5] In 1807 he had the Danson Hill estate sold.[6] The title descended from father to son until the death of his great-grandson, the 5th Baronet, in 1857. The 6th Baronet, a cleric, was his uncle; on his death in 1889 the baronetcy became extinct.[2][7]

Boyd baronets, of Danson (1775)

Notes

  1. ^ "No. 11562". The London Gazette. 16 May 1775. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 275.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 64–65.
  4. ^ a b "SirJohn Boyd 1st Bart., 1718-1800, Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
  5. ^ a b Christie, I. R. "Boyd, John (1750-1815), of Danson Park, Kent, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ^ Oddy, Andrew (1992). The Art of the Conservator. Trustees of the British Museum. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7141-2056-0.
  7. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1891). "Boyd, Sir Frederick, Bart." . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ "Sir John Boyd 2nd Bart. 27th Oct 1750 - 30th May 1815, Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk.
  9. ^ "Sir John Boyd 3rd Bart. 5th Jun 1786 - 19th Jan 1855, Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk/lbs.
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