Cecil Boyd

Dr. Cecil Anderson Boyd MC (5 July 1875 – 27 February 1942) was an Irish rugby union player, and doctor. Boyd played international rugby for Ireland and in 1896 was chosen to represent a British Isles XV in their tour of South Africa. Boyd was the second son of Sir Walter Boyd, 1st Baronet, and although the title passed to Boyd's older brother, Boyd's son became the third Boyd Baronet, of Howth House

Personal history

Boyd was born in Dublin in 1875, the second son of Walter Boyd and Annie Catherine Anderson. His father was a barrister, who was in turn Queen's Counsel, the Irish Bankruptcy judge for many years, and later a judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland and a Privy Counsellor, and was created 1st Baronet Boyd of Howth House in 1916. His striking personality is vividly conveyed in The Old Munster Circuit, the well-known memoir by Maurice Healy.

Boyd was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a Doctor of Medicine. On 20 June 1923 he married Kathleen Mary Gwendolyn Hardie and together they had three children, all girls. On 25 February 1930 Kathleen died, and in 1932 he married Marjorie Catherine Kinloch of Victoria, British Columbia, who herself was a widow. Boyd and Marjorie had a son, Alexander Walter Boyd, who later became the 3rd Baronet Boyd of Howth House, after Boyd's elder brother Walter, the 2nd Baronet, died without issue.