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The Boswell baronetcy, of Auchinleck in the County of Ayr was created for antiquary and songwriter Alexander Boswell in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 August 1821. [1] The baronetcy became extinct upon the second holder's death in 1857. Sir Alexander was the son of Samuel Johnson's biographer James Boswell.
Boswell baronets, of Auchinleck (1821)
- Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet (1775–1822) [2]
- Sir James Boswell, 2nd Baronet (1806–1857) [2] [3]
References
- ^ "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1555.
- ^ a b Burke, John Bernard (1852). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Colburn. pp. 113–114.
- ^ Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1880. p. 45.
