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[[File:William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928).jpeg|thumb|William Alexander Jenyns Boyd]]
'''William Alexander Jenyns Boyd''' (1842-1928) was a journalist and schoolmaster in Australia.<ref></ref> He was admired for his "upright bearing and extensive learning".<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Early life ==
Boyd was born in Paris on 27 November 1842. His father was Colonel Charles Boyd (of the 95th Regiment), of [[Kilmarnock]], Scotland. His mother was Mary Vachell, and [[Horace Vachell]], the author, was his cousin. He was educated in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, including at the Lycee de Versailles, near Paris.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career in Queensland ==
Although expected to join the army, Boyd decided to work on American sailing ships allowing him to he traveld widely around the world.<ref name=":1" /> When in England he heard [[John Dunmore Lang]] lecture on cotton-growing in Queensland, and this induced him to immigrate on the ''Saldanha'' to [[Brisbane]] in [[Queensland]] arriving in January 1862 where he purchase land at Oxley Creek (now [[Corinda, Queensland|Corinda]]). After a few years he obtained the appointment as a teacher at the Oxley Creek National School, .<ref name=":0" />
Later on he took up a large area of land at [[Pimpama, Queensland|Pimpama]], growing [[sugarcane]], and erected a sugar mill. He was successful in that business until cane disease, frosts, and other problems ruined nearly all the sugar-growers on the [[Pimpama River|Pimpama]], [[Logan River|Logan]], and [[Albert River (South East Queensland)|Albert]] Rivers.<ref name=":0" /> His plantation, named ''Ormeau'', gives its name to the town of [[Ormeau, Queensland|Ormeau]]. His first wife, Isabella (née Dawson) was born at [[Ormeau Road]], [[Belfast]], [[Ulster]], Ireland. The word ''ormeau'' is French, meaning ''young elm''.<ref name="qpnt" />
Next he became head master at the [[Townsville State School]] and Inspector of Schools in North Queensland. The only means of journeying in those days was horseback.<ref name=":0" />
Journalism next attracted him and he purchased the Townsville newspaper [[Cleveland Bay Express]] which proved a good investment. Later he sold out and opened the Eton School at [[Milton, Queensland|Milton]] in Brisbane. From mid 1888 through to early 1890, he was headmaster of the [[Toowoomba Grammar School]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1895 to 1896 he served as acting headmaster at [[Ipswich Boys' Grammar School]] while the headmaster was on leave.<ref name=":1" />
As a journalist, he contributed to the London "Graphic<nowiki>''</nowiki>, [[Brisbane Courier]], and [[The Queenslander]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1897 he was appointed editor of the [[Queensland Agricultural Journal]] which he held up to the time of his retirement.<ref name=":0" />
He was a major in the Queensland Garrison Artillery.<ref name=":0" />
Boyd was a past master of the St. Patrick's Lodge, Irish Constitution, of Brisbane Freemasons.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life ==
Boyd was twice married. He married is first wife, Isabella (née Dawson) on 2 December 1862 in Brisbane.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Isabella was born at [[Ormeau Road]], [[Belfast]], [[Ulster]], Ireland.<ref name="qpnt"></ref> Isabella died on 6 December 1895 in Brisbane and was buried in [[Toowong Cemetery]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 22 January 1918 he married Cora Violet Pickton White in Queensland.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The death of his second wife occurred in late 1927. He had an adopted daughter who was the widow of Lieutenant Ralph Clifton, an officer in the [[Royal Artillery]], killed at the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during [[World War I]].<ref name=":0" />
==Later life==
Boyd retired from the position of editor of the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" in May 1921.<ref name=":0" /> After which he was engaged in literary pursuits, some of his work being published in the Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander.<ref name=":0" />
Following the death of his second wife, he lived in [[Sydney]] with his adopted daughter where he died on Saturday 19 May 1928 aged 85 years.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> His body was brought to Brisbane for burial in the Toowong Cemetery on 21 May 1928; he was buried with his first wife Isabella.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2" />
== References ==
[[Category:Journalists from Queensland]]
[[Category:Australian educators]]
[[Category:1842 births]]
[[Category:1928 deaths]]
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[[File:William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928).jpeg|thumb|William Alexander Jenyns Boyd]]
'''William Alexander Jenyns Boyd''' (1842-1928) was a journalist and schoolmaster in Australia.<ref></ref> He was admired for his "upright bearing and extensive learning".<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Early life ==
Boyd was born in Paris on 27 November 1842. His father was Colonel Charles Boyd (of the 95th Regiment), of [[Kilmarnock]], Scotland. His mother was Mary Vachell, and [[Horace Vachell]], the author, was his cousin. He was educated in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, including at the Lycee de Versailles, near Paris.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Career in Queensland ==
Although expected to join the army, Boyd decided to work on American sailing ships allowing him to he traveld widely around the world.<ref name=":1" /> When in England he heard [[John Dunmore Lang]] lecture on cotton-growing in Queensland, and this induced him to immigrate on the ''Saldanha'' to [[Brisbane]] in [[Queensland]] arriving in January 1862 where he purchase land at Oxley Creek (now [[Corinda, Queensland|Corinda]]). After a few years he obtained the appointment as a teacher at the Oxley Creek National School, .<ref name=":0" />
Later on he took up a large area of land at [[Pimpama, Queensland|Pimpama]], growing [[sugarcane]], and erected a sugar mill. He was successful in that business until cane disease, frosts, and other problems ruined nearly all the sugar-growers on the [[Pimpama River|Pimpama]], [[Logan River|Logan]], and [[Albert River (South East Queensland)|Albert]] Rivers.<ref name=":0" /> His plantation, named ''Ormeau'', gives its name to the town of [[Ormeau, Queensland|Ormeau]]. His first wife, Isabella (née Dawson) was born at [[Ormeau Road]], [[Belfast]], [[Ulster]], Ireland. The word ''ormeau'' is French, meaning ''young elm''.<ref name="qpnt" />
Next he became head master at the [[Townsville State School]] and Inspector of Schools in North Queensland. The only means of journeying in those days was horseback.<ref name=":0" />
Journalism next attracted him and he purchased the Townsville newspaper [[Cleveland Bay Express]] which proved a good investment. Later he sold out and opened the Eton School at [[Milton, Queensland|Milton]] in Brisbane. From mid 1888 through to early 1890, he was headmaster of the [[Toowoomba Grammar School]].<ref name=":0" /> From 1895 to 1896 he served as acting headmaster at [[Ipswich Boys' Grammar School]] while the headmaster was on leave.<ref name=":1" />
As a journalist, he contributed to the London "Graphic<nowiki>''</nowiki>, [[Brisbane Courier]], and [[The Queenslander]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1897 he was appointed editor of the [[Queensland Agricultural Journal]] which he held up to the time of his retirement.<ref name=":0" />
He was a major in the Queensland Garrison Artillery.<ref name=":0" />
Boyd was a past master of the St. Patrick's Lodge, Irish Constitution, of Brisbane Freemasons.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life ==
Boyd was twice married. He married is first wife, Isabella (née Dawson) on 2 December 1862 in Brisbane.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Isabella was born at [[Ormeau Road]], [[Belfast]], [[Ulster]], Ireland.<ref name="qpnt"></ref> Isabella died on 6 December 1895 in Brisbane and was buried in [[Toowong Cemetery]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
On 22 January 1918 he married Cora Violet Pickton White in Queensland.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The death of his second wife occurred in late 1927. He had an adopted daughter who was the widow of Lieutenant Ralph Clifton, an officer in the [[Royal Artillery]], killed at the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during [[World War I]].<ref name=":0" />
==Later life==
Boyd retired from the position of editor of the "Queensland Agricultural Journal" in May 1921.<ref name=":0" /> After which he was engaged in literary pursuits, some of his work being published in the Brisbane Courier and The Queenslander.<ref name=":0" />
Following the death of his second wife, he lived in [[Sydney]] with his adopted daughter where he died on Saturday 19 May 1928 aged 85 years.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> His body was brought to Brisbane for burial in the Toowong Cemetery on 21 May 1928; he was buried with his first wife Isabella.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2" />
== References ==
[[Category:Journalists from Queensland]]
[[Category:Australian educators]]
[[Category:1842 births]]
[[Category:1928 deaths]]
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