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Catherine Stewart (-1799)

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 Research thousands of books, journals, articles and more. FREE TRIAL!	Biography Catherine Stewart. (-1799) (aka. Lady Katie, Catherine Murray) Daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and Catherine Cochrane. Sister of Keith Stewart and John Stewart. Married (1752) to James Murray. Life with James Boswell: Boswell met her at Patrick Heron's Kirroughtrie on September 22, 1762. He described her as "very beautiful and, what is much more, very agreeable, being possessed of the most engaging affability." She had an equally positive opinion of Boswell. He writes, on September 24, 1762, that Lady Katie had told Lady Kames and Mrs. Heron that "she thought [him] the finest creature she had ever seen, and that if she went to London next winter [...] that she hoped to see [him] every day in their house". This article was last updated at January 31 2008 22:49:40 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Catherine Stewart: Galloway, John Stewart Stewart, Keith Stewart, Alexander
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Catherine Stewart (-1799)

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

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Biography

Catherine Stewart. (-1799) (aka. Lady Katie, Catherine Murray)

Daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and Catherine Cochrane. Sister of Keith Stewart and John Stewart. Married (1752) to James Murray.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met her at Patrick Heron's Kirroughtrie on September 22, 1762. He described her as "very beautiful and, what is much more, very agreeable, being possessed of the most engaging affability." She had an equally positive opinion of Boswell. He writes, on September 24, 1762, that Lady Katie had told Lady Kames and Mrs. Heron that "she thought [him] the finest creature she had ever seen, and that if she went to London next winter [...] that she hoped to see [him] every day in their house".

This article was last updated at January 31 2008 22:49:40 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Catherine Stewart:

Galloway, John Stewart
Stewart, Keith
Stewart, Alexander

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