[1] The family estates were forfeited but his son, also called John, had them restored by James IV of Scotland.

[1] During the Jacobite rising of 1715 he was a staunch supporter of the British-Hanoverian government and even raised and armed troops at his own expense.

[1] He was appointed Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and held the office for nine consecutive years.

[1] George Boyle, 4th Earl, also took up military service, rising to colonel and Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire in 1810.

[1] James was succeeded by his half brother, George Frederick Boyle, which proved to be a disaster for the family.

[1] He became obsessed by the Pre-Raphaelite notions of form and beauty and began a monumental building program, renovating Kelburn and funding churches across Scotland.

[1] The current chief of the clan and 10th Earl of Glasgow was a naval reserve officer and assistant TV director[citation needed] who succeeded his father in 1984.