Charles Boyd

The Venerable Charles Twining Boyd (19 February 1842 - 3 May 1914 ) was Archdeacon of Colombo from 1891 until 1901.

His father was The Ven. William Boyd (1809 - 1893), of University College, Oxford, who was Archdeacon of Craven and Honorary Canon of Ripon from 1860, and his mother was Isabella Twining (1805 - 1880), the eldest daughter of George Twining of Sheen, Surrey. married Jane Diana Hawks (b. 1839) who was the niece of George Hawks, Mayor of Gateshead, and the daughter of Mary Anne Knightley,

His paternal grandfather was the armigerous banker William Boyd Junior (1773 - 1855), His paternal grandmother was Esther (née Locke) Boyd (1777 - 1818).

He was educated at Rugby School and University College, Oxford. he was Rector of Princes Risborough from 1877 to 1879. He was Chaplain of St. Peter's Church, Colombo, and to the British Armed Forces in Sri Lanka, from 1879 until his appointment as Archdeacon.