Sir Alexander Boswell, first baronet

(1775-1822)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Boswell, Alexander, Sir, 1775-1822 NRA: Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775-1822) 1st Baronet Poet and Antiquary DNB: Boswell, Sir Alexander, first baronet (1775-1822), poet and politician LBT ID: AlBoswe1822 VIAF ID: 24594887 LOC ID: n87912958	B/BAP: 1775-10-09 DIED: 1822-03-27
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Scottish poet, antiquary, and MP, the son of James Boswell; he was killed in a duel with James Stuart of Dunearn.
REFERENCES TO Sir Alexander Boswell, first baronet: John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 30 March 1822 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Found 1: ¶ 1 “Duel between Sir A. Boswell and Mr. Stuart” in The Examiner (7 April 1822) 217-18 Found 5: ¶ 1 ¶ 2 ¶ 3 ¶ 4 ¶ 6 “The late Scotch Duel” in The Examiner (14 April 1822) 232 Found 1: ¶ 1 Sir Walter Scott to Maria Edgeworth, 24 April 1822 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1818 Found 1: ¶ 13 Chapter VI 1821 Found 1: ¶ 24 Chapter VIII 1822 Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter IV 1825 Found 1: ¶ 87 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. IX. 1812-1819 Found 3: ¶ 8 ¶ 10 ¶ 13 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXI. Found 2: ¶ 18 ¶ n1 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 10: 1821-24 Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 18 Whishaw, J. (John), 1764 or 5-1840, The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Chapter X: 1822