page_title: Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle / Life
caption_attribution_description: English: 11 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
context_page_description: Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle JP was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1888 to 1891.
context_section_description: He was born in Edinburgh in 1826 and appears to have had multiple careers from house agent to upholsterer and even an undertaker. He had premises at 2 York Place.
  He joined Edinburgh Town Council in 1881 and became Lord Provost in 1888.  Whilst Lord Provost he lived at 11, Abercromby Place in Edinburgh's Second New Town. His Town Clerk during office was William Skinner of Corra.
  His knighthood and title were conferred by Queen Victoria c.1891. The title "of Maxpoffle" derives from his country property of Maxpoffle House, between Bowden and Newtown St. Boswells in the Scottish Borders. The house was an impressive Scots Baronial mansion.
caption: 11 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh
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