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John Webster

Biography


Birth: 1738
Death: n/a

Son of Rev. Dr. Alexander Webster, and Mary Erskine of Alva, Boswell's mother's sister. Married (1771) to Charlotte Kerr, with whom he had two children, Alexander (b. 1778) and Eleonora (b. 1780). Webster was a Captain in the 4th Foot Regiment until he retired from the army in 1777.(Link)

Life with James Boswell

Boswell went with Webster to Arniston on October 28, 1762.

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  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
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