High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, PC, QC, (born 7 June 1953) was Lord Advocate for Scotland from 24 February 2000 until his resignation on 4 October 2006. On 11 April 2006, Downing Street announced that Colin Boyd would take a seat as a crossbench life peer; however he took the Labour whip after resigning as Lord Advocate. He was formally introduced into the House of Lords on 3 July 2006. On the day SNP leader, Alex Salmond, was elected First Minister of Scotland (16 May 2007) it was reported that Boyd is quitting the Scottish Bar to become a part-time consultant with public law solicitors, Dundas Wilson. He told The Herald, "This is a first. I don`t think a Lord Advocate has ever done this—left the Bar and become a solicitor." Boyd remains a Queen`s Counsel and continues to sit in the House of Lords.