Boswell, Alexander (Lord Auchinleck)
- Biography
- Scottish judge. Born Auchinleck, Ayrshire, 1707. Studied law at Leiden, passed advocate 1727. Sheriff of Wigtownshire 1748-50. Lived at Parliament Close, Edinburgh. Inherited the estate of Auchinleck, 1749. Appointed to the Court of Session 1754-82 and the Court of Justiciary 1755-80. Took the title Lord Auchinleck. Spent court recesses at Auchinleck. Built a mansion at Auchinleck 1762. Bought a house in the New Town of Edinburgh 1782, leaving a liferent to his second wife, which incensed his son James. Died Edinburgh, August 1782. Fine classical scholar and amassed an immense library.
- Biography Date
- 1707-82
- Biography References
- LOC; DNB;
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