Boyd was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1971 and was inducted into the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1993.
She was the daughter and fourth of five children born to the Manchester oil company manager Harold de Haven Boyd and his wife Charlotte Elisabeth, née Austin.
[1] Boyd lived in Strasbourg,[2] and was educated firstly at Berkhamsted Girls' School in Hertfordshire and then at Wycombe Abbey in Buckinghamshire,[3] where she learnt lacrosse.
[2] In 1944, Boyd returned to Wycombe Abbey as a teacher who headed physical education and then as a housemistress until she retired from the school in 1975, although there were occasional staff shortages that required her involvement in teaching.
[1][3] She was the co-ordinator the school appeal, was the head of careers advice, organised the sixth form social work in High Wycombe and had a major role in the seniors (old girls') association.
[9] In 1969, Boyd took a combined British and United States lacrosse team that she organized and managed team—the Pioneers-for their first overseas tour to Australia.
[11] In the 1971 New Year Honours, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire "for services to women's lacrosse.