One of the amazing things about Boswell's journals is the sheer amount of persons that he met and described. Some are still famous, some forgotten and some have never been known to the public outside of their own narrow circles. This is an evolving catalogue of those people.
Until now, more than 90% of the persons encountered in Journal of my Jaunt, Boswell's London Journal and Boswell in Holland are included, and work is under way for the journal of his German and Swiss travels.
First name |
Last name | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Wells | Thomson | Samuel Wells Thomson |
| Sarah | Mills | Sarah Mills |
| Siegmund Carl | von Thüngen | Siegmund Carl von Thüngen - Court Marshal of Saxe-Gotha |
| Thomas | Coutts | Thomas Coutts - Banker |
| Thomas | Miller | Thomas Miller - Lord Advocate - 1st Baronet of Glenlee |
| Thomas | Terrie | Thomas Terrie - Boswell's landlord |
| Thomas | Davies | Thomas Davies - Actor and Bookseller |
| Thomas | Sheridan | Thomas Sheridan - Actor and Teacher of Elocution |
| Thomas | Robinson | Thomas Robinson - 1st Baronet of Rokeby |
| Thomas | Benson | Thomas Benson |
| Thomas | Jefferys | Thomas Jefferys - Sword-cutter |
| Thomas | Kennedy | Thomas Kennedy of Culzean - 9th Earl of Cassilis |
| Thomas Alexander | Erskine | Thomas Alexander Erskine - 6th Earl of Kellie |
| Thomas David | Boswell | Thomas David Boswell |
| Veronica | van Sommelsdyck | Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck |
| Vincent Maximiliaan | van Serooskerken | Vincent Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken |
| Walter | Macfarlane | Walter Macfarlane - 19th of Arrochar, 20th Chief of Clan Macfarlane |
| Walter | Urie | Walter Urie |
| Werner | von der Schulenburg | Werner von der Schulenburg |
| West | Digges | West Digges - Actor and Theatre Manager |
| Wilhelm Kaspar | Wegely | Wilhelm Kaspar Wegely |
| Wilhelmine | von Anhalt | Wilhelmine von Anhalt |
| Willem Bentinck | van Rhoon | Willem Bentinck van Rhoon |
| William | Bosville | William Bosville |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell of Dalswinton |
| William | Cochrane | William Cochrane - Judge Advocate of Scotland |
| William | Flexney | William Flexney - publisher |
| William | Eden | WIlliam Eden - 1st Baron Auckland |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas - Old Q - 4th Duke of Queensberry |
| William | McQuhar | William McQuhae - Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
| William | Nairne | William Nairne - 5th Bart of Dunsinnan |
| William | O'Brien | William O'Brien - Actor and Provost-Master-General of the Bermudas |
| William | Cochrane | William Cochrane of Muirfield - Banker |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas - 4th Baronet of Kelhead |
| William | Robertson | William Robertson - Principal of the University of Edinburgh |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell - 3rd Baronet of Springkell |
| William | Logan | William Logan of Camlarg |
| William | McGhie | William McGhie of Balmaghie |
| William | Gordon | William Gordon - 9th Viscount Kenmure |
| William | Maxwell | William Maxwell - 3rd Baronet of Monreith |
| William | Douglas | William Douglas |
| William | Currie | William Currie - Laird of Brydekirk |
| William | Garioch | William Garioch - Physician |
| William | Mackenzie | William Mackenzie - 5th of Balmaduthie |
| William | Dance | William Dance |
| William | Cullen | William Cullen - Materia Medica |
| William | Forbes | William Forbes - 6th Baronet of Pitsligo |
| William | Havard | William Havard - Actor and Playwright |
| William | Wynyard | William Wynyard - Colonel |
| William | Rouet | William Rouet - Professor |
