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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_BoswellJames Boswell - Wikipedia

    He was the eldest son of a judge, Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, and his wife Euphemia Erskine. As the eldest son, he was heir to his family's estate of Auchinleck in Ayrshire. Boswell's mother was a strict Calvinist, and he felt that his father was cold to him. As a child, he was delicate.

  2. www.smithsonianmag.com › arts-culture › jamesJames Boswell’s Scotland - Smithsonian Magazine

    Among the revelations in his journals: he fathered two illegitimate children before he married, and he remained a compulsive whoremonger throughout his life.

  3. www.wikitree.com › wiki › Boswell-585Alexander Boswell (bef.1707-1782) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

    Jun 6, 2024 · Alexander Boswell was the eldest son and heir of James Boswell and Lady Elizabeth Bruce. He married Euphemia Erskine. After his mother's death in 1734, Alexander assumed most of the responsibility for the family estate. He was Sheriff of Wigtown (Galloway) in 1748.

    • Male
    • March 2, 1707
    • Euphemia (Erskine) Boswell, Elizabeth Boswell

  4. www.electricscotland.com › history › nationBoswell - Electric Scotland

    He married, in 1704, Lady Elizabeth Bruce, daughter of Alexander, second earl of Kincardine, by whom he had two sons and a daughter, viz., Alexander, his heir, afterwards Lord Auchinleck; John, doctor of medicine, censor of the royal college of physicians in Edinburgh; and Veronica.

  5. www.nrscotland.gov.uk › boswell-jamesJames Boswell (1740-1795) | National Records of Scotland

    James Boswell married Peggie Montgomerie on 26 November 1769. The entry in the Old Parish Register for Stewarton (National Records of Scotland, OPR 616/5) and the Stewarton kirk session...

  6. www.wikitree.com › wiki › Boswell-980James Boswell (1672-1749) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

    Jul 2, 2020 · James was an Advocate and married in 1704 Lady Elizabeth Bruce, the youngest daughter of Alexander, the 2nd Earl of Kincardine. James purchased the Barony of Trabeoch, which was the property of his brother-in-law William Cochrane of Ochiltree.

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  8. www.encyclopedia.com › james-boswellJames Boswell - Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 8, 2018 · He was the eldest of the three sons of the advocate Alexander Boswell, Lord of Auchinleck in Ayrshire from 1749, and Euphemia Erskine Boswell. The Boswells were an old and well-connected family, having held the barony of Auchinleck since 1504 and having intermarried with the nobility.