Auchinleck House. Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck (1706–1782) was a judge of the supreme courts of Scotland. He was the father of the author and biographer James Boswell, and grandfather of songwriter Sir Alexander Boswell . Alexander Boswell was the eldest son of James Boswell (ca. 1672–1749), 7th Laird of ...
Alexander Boswell (1706–1782) was a Scottish judge and eighth Laird of Auchinleck. In 1754 he was appointed as one of the ‘Lords’ (judges) of the Court of Session, and in 1755 to the Court of Justiciary, the supreme criminal court for Scotland. T01049 shows him wearing the robes of a Lord of Session, whereas a three-quarter length replica ...
Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, FRSE, FSA (9 October 1775 – 27 March 1822) was a Scottish poet, antiquary, and songwriter.The son of Samuel Johnson's friend and biographer James Boswell of Auchinleck, he used the funds from his inheritance to pay for a seat in Parliament and then successfully sought a baronetcy for his political support of the government.
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- James Boswell the Younger (brother)
On his appointment as Lord of Session in 1754, Alexander Boswell (1706-1782) took the title of Lord Auchinleck. It was Alexander Boswell who had Auchinleck House built. His son, James Boswell, the diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson, was born at nearby Auchinleck House, and is buried in the churchyard in Auchinleck.
Beneath the Loft, there was already a columbarium (literally a pigeon house) which served as the resting place for Lord Auchinleck's mother and his father. It is here that James Boswell now lies, surrounded, as in life, by his father, mother, step-mother, wife, a daughter and son – the dramatis personae who caused...
A graduate of the University of Leyden, Holland (graduating in December 1729). In 1748 he was appointed Sheriff-Depute of Wigtownshire. In 1754 Boswell was appointed a Lord of Session, taking the bench as Lord Auchinleck, and in 1755 he became Lord Justiciary. He is still remembered for saving the so-called Auchinleck Manuscript 1 from ...
The "new" Auchinleck House was built 1757 by Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck. It later passed on to his son, James Boswell, the biographer of Samuel Johnson. Boswell and Johnson visited the house in 1773 on their way back from their journey to the Hebrides. In 1782, James Boswell became the 9th Laird of Auchinleck.
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Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck was a judge of the supreme courts of Scotland. He was the father of the author and biographer James Boswell, and grandfather of songwriter Sir Alexander Boswell. Wikipedia
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- Lady Elizabeth Bruce, James Boswell, 7th of Auchinleck
