Detail fo the monument to Robert Boyd at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:English_Cemetery,_M%C3%A1laga" class="extiw" title="w:en:English Cemetery, Málaga">English Cemetery in Málaga</a>. Robert Boyd (1805-1831) was a romantic hero who was executed by firing squad on the San Andrés beach. He assisted in the military uprising led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jos%C3%A9_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Torrijos_y_Uriarte" class="extiw" title="w:en:José María de Torrijos y Uriarte">General Torrijos</a> by funding a ship to bring the rebels from London to Spain. Boyd was separated in death from his companions, whose bodies were taken to the San Miguel cemetery in Málaga, while Boyd became the first person to be interred in the original walled precinct of the English cemetery.<br><br>Inscription: "A la memoria de Mr. Robert Boyd Esq. Natural de Londonderry, fusilado junto a Gral. Torrijos y 47 compañeros en las playas malagueñas de San Andrés el día 11 de diciembre de 1831 por defender la Constitución y la libertad del pueblo español. La asociación H. C. Torrijos por la libertad rinde homenaje en el bicentenario de su nacimiento. Diciembre de 2005".
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