This is an almost complete biographical index of the persons mentioned in Boswell's London Journal 1762-63. This was the first project I undertook when I started this website, and it was completed in May, 2005. I have recently completed adding information about the persons mentioned in his Journal of his Harvest Jaunt, which preceeded his London Journal. Click here to get a complete index of all persons currently in the database.

You are most welcome to send any information you might have about any of Boswell's acquaintances to me at the e-mail address webmaster@jamesboswell.info - you will of course receive due mention as the source of such information. You are also most welcome to point out if I've forgotten something.

A

Abel, Karl Friedrich(Abel)
Asgill, Charles(1st Baronet Asgill)
Augustus, Edward(Duke of York and Albany)

B

Barron, Hugh
Beard, John(Beard of Covent Garden)
Blair, John(Captain Blair)
Bosville, William
Boswell, Alexander(Lord Auchinleck)
Boswell, James(Grandfather of *the* James Boswell)
Boswell, John
Boswell, John(Dr. Boswell, Uncle Doctor)
Box, George
Brown, John(Estimate Brown)

C

Cairnie, John(Dr. Cairnie)
Campbell, Bruce
Carwardine, Penelope
Chandler, Samuel
Cholmondeley, Robert
Churchill, Charles
Claxton, John
Cochrane, William(Judge Advocate)
Cochrane, William(Of Muirfield and/or Gullane. Banker)
Coke, Mary(Lady Mirabel)
Colman, George
Condamine, Charles
Cooper, Ralph
Cornwallis, James(Bishop of Lichfield / 8th Baron Cornwallis)
Coutts, James
Coutts, Thomas
Coventry, George(Lord Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry)
Craufurd, Patrick(of Drumsoy and Auchenames)
Crookshanks, Charles

D

Dalrymple, David(Lord Hailes)
Dance, Mrs. James(née Hooper)
Davies, Thomas
Dempster, George(3rd Laird of Dunnichen)
Dempster, Jean(Jeanie Dempster)
Derrick, Samuel
Dicey, Cluer
Digges, West
Dodsley, James
Dodsley, Robert
Doig, Peggy
Donaldson, Alexander
Donaldson, John
Douglas, Andrew
Douglas, Archibald(Lt-General / of Kirkton?)
Douglas, Archibald James Edward(Douglas of Douglas / AJE Stewart)
Douglas, Charles(3rd Duke of Queensberry)
Douglas, George
Douglas, Mrs.(Mrs. James Douglas, Ms. Mackay)
Douglas, William(Lord March, 3rd Earl of March)
Douglas, William(4th Bart of Kelhead)
Dundas, Robert(4th of Arniston, Lord President)

E

Eden, William(1st Baron Auckland)
Erskine, Andrew(Capt. Erskine / Dash)
Erskine, Anne(Lady Anne)
Erskine, Archibald(7th Earl of Kellie / The Owl)
Erskine, Elizabeth(Lady Betty, E. Macfarlane, E. Colville)
Erskine, Euphemia(Euphemia Boswell - Lady Auchinleck)
Erskine, Frances
Erskine, Henry(5th Baronet of Alva - Harry Erskine)
Erskine, James
Erskine, Janet(Lady Jenny Erskine)
Erskine, Thomas Alexander(6th Earl of Kellie)

F

Ferguson, James(Lord Pitfour)
Ferguson, James(Young Fergusson of Pitfour)
Ferguson, Joseph
Flexney, William
Foote, George
Fordyce, Alexander(The Macaroni Gambler)
Fordyce, James
Forrester, Sally(Sally Grant)

G

Galloway, John Stewart(Lord Garlies, 7th Earl of Galloway)
Garrick, David
Garrick, George
Goldsmith, Oliver
Gordon, Adam(Lord Adam Gordon)
Gould, Elizabeth(Elizabeth (Betty) Cochrane)
Gould, Nathaniel(Colonel Gould)
Graham, Robert(6th of Gartmore, 15th of Ardoch)
Grant, James((Sir James Grant of Grant / 8th Bart of Luss))
Greville, Charlotte Mary(Lady Garlies)

H

Harris, James
Havard, William(Havard the Actor)
Hawkins
Hayward
Home, George(George Home-Drummond of Home-Drummond)
Home, Henry(Lord Kames)
Home, John
Hume, David
Hume, Margaret

I

Irwin, John(Colonel Irwin)

J

Jardine, John(Dr. Jardine)
Jefferys, Thomas
Jephson, Robert(Captain Jephson)
Johnson, Samuel(Dr. Johnson)
Johnston, John
Johnstone, George(Captain Johnstone of the navy)

K

Kearsley, George

L

Lee, George Henry(Lord Lichfield, 3rd Earl of Lichfield)
Lee, John(Lee, the actor)
Levett, Robert
Lewis, Louisa(Anne Lewis)
Lewis, Paul
Lloyd, Robert
Love, James(James Dance)

M

Macdonald, Alexander
Macdonald, James(8th Bart of Sleat)
Macdonald, Margaret
Macfarlane, Walter(19th of Arrochar, 20th Chief of Clan Macfarlane)
Mackye, John Ross
Macpherson, James(Ossian, Fingal)
Mallet, David(David Malloch)
Mawhood, Parravicini(Captain Maud)
Maxwell, George William(Captain George)
Maxwell, William(Captain Maxwell / 4th of Dalswinton)
Maxwell, William(3rd Bart of Springkell)
Mayne
McQuhae, William
Miller, Thomas(1st of Glenlee, Lord Barskimming, Lord Advocate)
Montgomerie, Archibald(Lord Eglinton, 11th Earl of Eglinton)
Morris, Robert?(Robert Morris?)
Murdoch, Patrick
Murray, James(Murray of Broughton)
Murray, Patrick(5th Lord Elibank)
Mylne, Robert

N

Nairne, William(Lord Dunsinnan, 5th Bart of Dunsinnan)

O

O'Brien, William
Ogilvie, John(Ogilvie the Poet)

P

Parker, Elizabeth
Pepys, William Weller
Pierrepoint, Evelyn(2nd Duke of Kingston)
Plumstead, Elizabeth(Mrs. Elliot)
Price, Chase(Mr. Price, Chace Price)
Pringle, John

R

Robertson, William(Dr. Robertson)
Robinson, Thomas(1st Bart of Rokeby)

S

Schaw, Isabella(Isabella Thomson)
Scott, George Lewis
Scott, Robert
Seymour, Elizabeth(Lady Northumberland)
Shepherd, Richard
Sheridan, Frances(Frances Chamberlaine)
Skene, Phillip(3rd of Pitlour)
Smith, John
Somerville, James(13th Lord Somerville of Drum)
Spottiswoode, John(Laird of Spottiswoode)
Stewart, Archibald(Archibald Steuart, Provost of Edinburgh)
Stewart, Duncan(6th of Ardsheal (Eldest son to Ardsheal))
Stewart, George(5th Bart of Grandtully)
Stewart, Keith
Stewart-Nicolson, Houstoun
Stuart, Simeon

T

Temple, Robert(Bob Temple)
Temple, William
Terrie, Thomas(Thomas Terry, Mr. Terrie)
Thomson, Samuel Wells
Thornton, Bonnell
Trotter, John
Tufton, Sackville(Lord Thanet, 8th Earl of Thanet)

V

Victor, Benjamin(Old Victor)

W

Webster, James
Wedderburn, Alexander(Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn)
West, George(Colonel West of the Guards)
Wilkes, John
Williams, Anna(Ms. Williams)
Woffington, Mary(Mary Cholmondeley)
Wynyard, William(Colonel Wynyard)