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John Shaw (-)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography John Shaw. (-) (aka. Laird of Daltoune) Laird of Daltoun (or Daltoune). Possibly the son (or grandson?) of John Shaw (d. 1740) and Agnes Crawford. (Link) Possibly married to Helen Kennedy (d. 1795).¹ Boswell refers to the Laird of Daltoune which doesn't identify Shaw with absolutely certainty, but it seems to fit in nicely. Life with James Boswell: Boswell met Shaw at James McAdam's on September 15, 1762. He described him as a man "who, from having a pretty fortune, is reduced to live in a cottage. He is a tall, lean man of tolerable parts, but has that happy absence of feeling which makes men easies under adverse fortune than all the reasoning of philosophy". Notes: Note 1: The Mort Roll from The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800 mentions a relict [widow] of John Shaw, of Daton (Daltoun). Helen Kennedy probably died ca. 10/11-1795 This article was last updated at January 31 2008 23:02:44 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to John Shaw: McAdam, James
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John Shaw (-)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

John Shaw. (-) (aka. Laird of Daltoune)

Laird of Daltoun (or Daltoune). Possibly the son (or grandson?) of John Shaw (d. 1740) and Agnes Crawford. (Link) Possibly married to Helen Kennedy (d. 1795).¹

Boswell refers to the Laird of Daltoune which doesn't identify Shaw with absolutely certainty, but it seems to fit in nicely.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met Shaw at James McAdam's on September 15, 1762. He described him as a man "who, from having a pretty fortune, is reduced to live in a cottage. He is a tall, lean man of tolerable parts, but has that happy absence of feeling which makes men easies under adverse fortune than all the reasoning of philosophy".

Notes:

Note 1: The Mort Roll from The commissariot record of Glasgow Register of testamenis, 1547-1800 mentions a relict [widow] of John Shaw, of Daton (Daltoun). Helen Kennedy probably died ca. 10/11-1795

This article was last updated at January 31 2008 23:02:44 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to John Shaw:

McAdam, James

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Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.