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John Houston
Colonel Houston

Scotsman in the Dutch army in the 1760s. A Colonel living in The Hague in 1764.1

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

  • 1Source:

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.