Boyd baronets

[1] He was a wealthy sugar merchant and vice-chairman of the British East India Company.

The title descended from father to son until the early death of his great-grandson, the fifth Baronet, in 1857.

His eldest son, the second Baronet, was a prominent lawyer, and in private life a noted boat designer, who created the Howth 17th Footer yacht.

He died without surviving male issue in 1948 and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet.

The heir apparent is the present holder's son William Cameron Boyd (born 2016).