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Margaret Henderson
ca.
Born 1705   Died 1790  
Margaret Boswell of Balmuto

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.

Boswell visited her on October 29, 1762 (his 22nd birthday).

    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.