ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

78 131 TWO 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN LETTERS PATENT GRANTING USE OF ARMS AND TITLE OF BOYD, MCOY AND ROCHFORT BY THE ULSTER KING OF ARMS including: 1. Sir William Betham granting to George Augustus Boyd, Bloomfield, Co. West - meath the use of the arms of Boyd and McCoy of Scotland. Dated 24th April 1837, signed with gilt metal seal pendant, with fit - ted black leather case. 41.5 x 48.5cm; the case 51.5 x 10.5cm 2. Sir John Bernard Burke L.L.D granting to George Augustus Boyd Esq. of Middleton Park, Co. Westmeath, and his issue to use the surname of Rochfort and to use the coat of arms of Rochfort. Dating to 16th Novem- ber 1867, signed, with black seal pendant, with fitted black leather case. Paper 5.5 x 48cm; the case 53 x 8cm € 500 - 800 George Augustus Rochfort-Boyd (1817 - 1887) was the eldest son and heir of Abra- ham Boyd. Abraham had married Jane MacKay, the widow of George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (1738 - 1814). The Earl had died without issue and so his es- tate was left to Jane which then passed on to her and Abraham’s children. He married Sarah Jane Woods in 1843 and together they had seven children. He held the of- fice of Deputy Lieutenant of County West - meath. Sir William Betham (1779 - 1853) was a Brit- ish antiquarian who was knighted by King George III in 1812. He was a member of RIA and the American Antiquarian Society. He was the Ulster King of Arms from 1820 - 1853. Sir Bernard Burke (1814 - 1892) was a British genealogist who helped to publish Burke’s Peerage. He was the Ulster King of Arms from 1853 - 1892.