Biography

Maurice Coulthard. (1731-1797) (aka. Dr. Coulthard, Morris Coulthard)

M.D.. Probably the Morris Coulthard who served as Mayor of Carlisle several times between 1771 and ca. 1790.

A Morris Coulthard, son to Jacob Coulthard (1708-1782), (Link) was christened in September, 1731, and died in 1797 (Link). I venture to guess, that that is the same person.

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell met him on October 11, 1762, at Springkell, describing him as "an apothecary, a true-looking Englishman with a round-cut head and leather breeches, a jolly dog who sung us a song that the boy sings who sweeps Drury-Lane stage before the chandles are lighted..." Later on in the same entry Boswell described him as my friend Dr. Coulthard suggesting that they knew each other well, in advance.

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