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Mary Stewart - Mrs. Agnew of Dalreagle

Biography


Birth: bef. 1714
Death: n/a

Married to Patrick Agnew (1705-1758), 2nd of Dalreagle. Mother of Agnes and Alexander Agnew.

Also known as

  • Mrs. Agnew of Dalreagle

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Mrs. Agnew at Mertoun on October 3rd, together with her son (Alexander), Lord Kames and Patrick Heron. He described her as "a genteel old woman much like a gentlewoman. Lord Kames said he had seen few better".

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Mary Stewart is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762

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