Sir John Boyd 2nd Bart.

Profile & Legacies Summary

27^th Oct 1750 - 30^th May 1815

Biography

Son and heir of Sir John Boyd 1st bart. of Danson House in Bexley, Kent, which the second bart. modified and then sold in 1807. Co-owner of Camden Park estate on St Vincent, as well as Boyds on St Kitts.

Sir John Boyd, Bart. was born on 27 Oct 1750. On 26 Feb. 1784, he married Margaret, the fifth daughter of the Right Honourable Thomas Harley, brother to the late Earl of Oxford. Together they had four children: John, born 5 June 1786; Augustus, born 11 July 1787, died 1 March 1788; Margaret, born 4 April 1791; and George, born 10 March 1793.
MP for Wareham 1780-1784.

Sources

William Betham, The Baronetage of England.., Volume 4(London, 1804).
I.R. Christie, 'Boyd, John (1750-1815) of Danson Park, Kent, History of Parliament http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/boyd-john-1750-1815 [accessed 08/09/2015].

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Margaret Boyd (née Harley)

Children

John, Augustus, Margaret, George

Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

- 1815 [LA] → Owner

Boyd's estate [ St Kitts | Trinity Palmetto Point ]

1817 [EA] - 1817 [LA] → Previous owner

Camden Park [ St Vincent ]

1800 [SY] - 1815 [EY] → Joint owner

Camden Park [ St Vincent ]

In 1817 the enslaved people on Camden Park were registered for the heirs of Sir John Boyd and John Trevanion.

1784 [SY] - 1815 [EY] → Tenant-for-life

Fountain [ St Kitts | St Peter Basseterre ]

Shown in the will of Sir John Boyd 1st bart. [made 1797, proved 1800] to have been settled by him on his son John [later 2nd bart.] on the latter's marriage [in 1784, to Margaret Harley, daughter of Thomas Harley].

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house

Danson House

Details

notes →

"After Sir John [1st Bart.] died in January 1800 (being buried in St Mary's churchyard, Lewisham), his son demolished the imposing wings containing kitchens and stables, and built the present stable...