Interesting buckle of importance belonging to Boyd, The Hon...

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Interesting buckle of importance belonging to Boyd, The Hon. Mr. Justice Irish Silver Belt Buckle Royal Alfred Yacht Club " THALIA" June 12 1897
Hallmarked John Miller Dublin 1900

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Provenance direct from Boyd Estate.

Is the fourth son of the late Walter Boyd, Esq., of Dublin. He was called to the Bar at the King’s Inn, Dublin, in 1856, obtained his silk in 1877, and was Queen’s Advocate for Ireland from 1878 to 1885, in which latter year he was elevated to the Irish Bench as Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy. In 1897 he became a Justice of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, Queen’s Bench Division
In 1892 he purchased Thalia from Mr. Inglis. She was a Fife boat, and the most successful 40-tonner of the 1891 season, racing in a very hot class