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.
Thomas Benson
Thomas Benson
Born ca. 1730Died 1777
Biography:
Son of John Benson. Married (1752) to Jane Fletcher (1734-1760). Steward to the Duke of Portland.
Life with Boswell:
Boswell met Benson at Springkell on October 11, 1762, describing him as "a genteel, sensible man who has an estate in Cumberland and is a steward to the Duke of Portland".
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