Margaret Henderson - Boswell of Balmuto
Biography
Birth: ca. 1705
Death: 1790
Daughter of Claud Henderson and Margaret Bryson, dau of John Bryson, bailie of Glasgow. Married (1726) to John Boswell (d. 1749), 11th of Balmuto, Lord Auchinleck's uncle. Mother of Claud Irvine Boswell, and Elizabeth Boswell, Lord Auchinleck's second wife.
Also known as
- Margaret Boswell of Balmuto
Life with James Boswell
Boswell visited her on October 29, 1762 (his 22nd birthday).
Mentioned in
Margaret Henderson is mentioned in:
- Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762
