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John Houston

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Scotsman in the Dutch army in the 1760s. A Colonel living in The Hague in 1764.

Also known as

  • Colonel Houston

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Houston a few times during his stay in Holland 1763-64.

Notes

Source: Boswell in Holland 1763-64


Mentioned in

John Houston is mentioned in:

  • Boswell in Holland 1763-1764

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On his Grand Tour of Europe in 1764-1765, Boswell visited and befriended the famous philosophers Jean-Jacques Rosseau and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and back in Edinburgh he was a personal friend of David Hume.

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