William Murray Borthwick

(1782-1866)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Borthwick, William Murray LBT ID: WiBorth1866 VIAF ID: 3928382 LOC ID: n85312283	B/BAP: 1782-05-05 DIED: 1866-05-06
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Scottish printer and publisher of the Glasgow Sentinel; imprisoned for debt, he informed James Stuart that Sir Alexander Boswell was responsible for slanderous material in the paper, resulting in the fatal duel; he later settled in Australia.
REFERENCES TO William Murray Borthwick: “Duel between Sir A. Boswell and Mr. Stuart” in The Examiner (7 April 1822) 217-18 Found 1: ¶ 4 “The late Scotch Duel” in The Examiner (14 April 1822) 232 Found 1: ¶ 3