Archibald Boyd

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Archibald Boyd
Memorial in Exeter Cathedral
Born	1803 (1803) Derry, Ireland
Died	11 July 1883(1883-07-11) (aged 79–80) Exeter, England
Residence	Exeter, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin
Occupation	Dean of Exeter
Years active	1823–1883
Known for	English clergyman and minister
Religion	Church of England
Parent(s)	Archibald Boyd, Sarah Bodden
Relatives	William Boyd-Carpenter (nephew)

Archibald Boyd (1803 – 11 July 1883) was Dean of Exeter in the Church of England.

Life

Born in 1803 in Derry, Ireland, Boyd was the son of Archibald Boyd,^[1] treasurer of Derry. After being educated at the diocesan college in that city, proceeded to Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. 1823, proceeding to Master of Arts M.A. 1834, and B.D. and D.D. long after, in 1868.^[2]

He officiated as curate and preacher in the cathedral in Derry from 1827 to 1842, and here he first distinguished himself as an able and powerful preacher, as a controversialist, and as an author. At that time the controversy between the presbyterians and the Church of Ireland in the north of Ireland was at its height. Boyd came to the defence of the church and preached a series of discourses in reply to attacks. These discourses attracted great attention, and were afterwards printed. In 1842, he was appointed perpetual curate of Christ Church Cheltenham. With Francis Close, his fellow-worker here, he joined in a scheme for establishing additional Sunday schools, infant schools, and bible classes. For eight years after 1859, he was entrusted with the care of Paddington.^[2]

Dean of Exeter

Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter where Boyd served as Dean.

On 11 November 1867 he accepted the deanery of Exeter, and resigned, with his vicarage, an honorary canonry in Gloucester Cathedral, which he had held since 1857. He was a preaching and a working dean. He was a firm but moderate evangelical, and was a voluminous writer on the ecclesiastical questions of the day. His name is connected with the—at the time well-known—Exeter reredos case. The dean and chapter erected in the cathedral, 1872–3, a stone reredos, on which were sculptured representations in bas-relief of the Ascension, the Transfiguration, and the Descent of the Holy Ghost, with some figures of angels. In accordance with a petition presented by William John Phillpotts, chancellor of the diocese, the bishop (Frederick Temple) on 7 January 1874 declared the reredos to be contrary to law and ordered its removal.^[2] After much litigation touching the bishop's jurisdiction in the matter, the structure was declared not illegal by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 25 February 1875^[3]

Death and legacy

On the continent during the autumn of 1882, Boyd met with an accident at Vienna, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He died at the deanery, Exeter, on 11 July 1883, bequeathing nearly £40,000 to various societies and institutions in the diocese of Exeter. He left behind his wife, Frances, the daughter of Thomas Waller of Ospringe, and widow of the Rev. Robert Day Denny. She herself died on 6 January 1877.^[2]

Works

His works include:^[2]

Sermons on the Church, or the Episcopacy, Liturgy, and Ceremonies of the Church of England 1838
Episcopacy, Ordination, Lay-eldership, and Liturgies 1839
Episcopacy and Presbytery 1841
England, Rome, and Oxford compared as to certain Doctrines 1846
The History of the Book of Common Prayer 1850
Turkey and the Turks 1853
Baptism and Baptismal Regeneration 1865
Confession, Absolution, and the Real Presence 1867
The Book of Common Prayer 1869

He also printed many single sermons and minor publications.^[2]

Notes

↑ Archibald Boyd, the father, was born abt 1764 of Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England, who married Sarah Bodden there on 13 July 1789. See:William Boyd Carpenter and David Morris, 'Bishop Boyd Carpenter: Sheep or Shepherd in the Eugenics Movement?',The Galton Institute Newsletter, 55, Jun 2005. See also wiki article on William Boyd Carpenter whose mother was the sister of the Archibald Boyd (the son).
1 2 3 4 5 6 Boase, George C. (1886). "Mawe, John (1764–1829), mineralogist". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. VI. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
↑ Law Reports, BULWER'S Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Reports, iv. 297–379 (1875); COWELL'S Privy Council Appeals, vi. 435–67 (1875)

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Boyd, Archibald". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William John Brodrick	Dean of Exeter 1867 – 1883	Succeeded by Benjamin Morgan Cowie

Deans of Exeter

High Medieval	Serlo Roger de Wynkleigh William de Stanwey Roger de Toriz John Noble John Pycot Andrew de Kilkenny

Late Medieval	Henry de Somerset Thomas de Lechlade Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Richard de Coleton Richard de Braylegh Reginald de Bugwell Robert Sumpter Thomas Walkyngton Ralph Tregrision Stephen Payn John Cobethorn John Hals Henry Webber Peter Courtenay Lionel Woodville John Arundel

Early modern	Edward Willoughby Thomas Hobbes John Vesey Richard Pace Reginald Pole Simon Haynes James Haddon Thomas Reynolds Gregory Dodds George Carew Stephen Townesend Matthew Sutcliffe William Peterson Seth Ward Edward Young George Cary The Hon Richard Annesley William Wake Lancelot Blackburne Edward Trelawney John Gilbert Alured Clarke William Holmes Charles Lyttleton Jeremiah Milles William Buller Charles Harward

Late modern	Charles Talbot George Gordon John Garnett Whittington Landon Thomas Lowe Charles Ellicott The Viscount Midleton Archibald Boyd Benjamin Cowie Alfred Earle Henry Gamble Walter Matthews Spencer Carpenter Alexander Wallace Marcus Knight Clifford Chapman Richard Eyre Keith Jones Jonathan Meyrick Jonathan Draper

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