# Eileen Boyd

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Australian singer (1890–1975)

Eileen Boyd Miss Eileen Boyd Born Eileen Alberta Boyd (1890-12-13)13 December 1890 Sydney Died 14 September 1975(1975-09-14) (aged 84) Hammondville Other name Mrs Gordon Lane Occupation singer Known for contralto Spouse(s) Hugh Ernest Roberts Gordon Lane Children two and step-daughter

**Eileen Alberta Boyd** became **Mrs Gordon Lane** (13 December 1890 – 14 September 1975) was an Australian singer. She began as a child performer and she toured in the UK during World War One.

## Life

Boyd was born in 1890 in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) to Margaret (born Shalvey) and Albert Boyd. Both her parents had been born in Australia and her father ran a hotel. Her parents arranged lessons for her in singing and elocution and she was a child singer. She toured New Zealand in 1900 when she was known as "The Baby Baritone, Clog Dancer and Whistler". She continued her education with a tutor while on tour.[1] In 1910 a concert was arranged in Sydney to mark her transition from a child performer to a singer with a fine contralto voice.[2] In 1915 she married in Britain in May and in October she was a widow with a child and a young teenage step-daughter. Her husband, Hugh Ernest Roberts had been a master mariner.[1]

In 1917 she sang at the [Royal Albert Hall](/source/Royal_Albert_Hall) in London and many prestigious venues when she joined a tour in support of the [Red Cross](/source/Red_Cross) starring and organised by [Clara Butt](/source/Clara_Butt) and [Kennerley Rumford](/source/Kennerley_Rumford). She and Butt were "favourably compared" and they sang [The Dream of Gerontius](/source/The_Dream_of_Gerontius) being [George V](/source/George_V) and Queen Mary in 1917. By 1925, she had two children although she still found time to sing as Mrs Gordan Lane.[3]

In 1934 she was still using the name "Eileen Boyd" when recording. In 1937 it was "Mrs Gordon Lane" who commissioned a pastel portrait from the Australian artist [Dora Wilson](/source/Dora_Wilson). It was called "Nada" and it was exhibited at *Margaret MacLean's Gallery* in Melbourne.[4]

Boyd died in 1975 in [Hammondville](/source/Hammondville%2C_New_South_Wales).[1]

## Recordings include

Stranger of Galilee

- [Your King and Country Want You](/source/Your_King_and_Country_Want_You), Jumbo, c. 1915[5]

- *The Stranger of Galilee*,1934[6]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-eadrdb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-eadrdb_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-eadrdb_1-2) Broomham, Rosemary, ["Eileen Alberta Boyd (1890–1975)"](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boyd-eileen-alberta-9558), *Australian Dictionary of Biography*, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 September 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["THE EILEEN BOYD CONCERT"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15138483). *Sydney Morning Herald*. 2 April 1910. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Australian Home Vol. 32 No. 901 (22 May 1925)"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3144842159/view?sectionId=nla.obj-3147131575&searchTerm=%22eileen+boyd%22&partId=nla.obj-3144881169#page/n21/mode/1up). *Trove*. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Melbourne Chatter in Vol. 58 No. 2983 (14 Apr 1937)"](https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-568033536/view?sectionId=nla.obj-571577422&partId=nla.obj-568065777#page/n35/mode/1up/search/lane). *Trove*. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-uu_5-0)** [*78 Record: Harold Black - Fall In (1914)*](https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/nc671533uk), retrieved 14 September 2024

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Eileen Boyd"](https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/eileen-boyd). *45worlds*. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

## External links

- [Biography at ADB](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boyd-eileen-alberta-9558)

Authority control databases: People Trove Australia

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