Saturday, 16 August 2014

Lt Col John Douglas Boswell

John Douglas Boswell was born on 16th February 1867 at Garrallan House, the second son of Patrick Charles Douglas Boswell a JP and landed proprietor.



He was educated at Loretto, gained a BA at  Brasenose College, Oxford and BL at Glasgow University. He was a lawyer.





He played rugby for Scotland 1889-1894

He served in the Boer War and in France in WW1 and in 1917 was awarded the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.



Cumnock Chronicle March 1917


He was married and had at least 2 children: Jean Campbell Douglas Boswell and  John Patrick Douglas Boswell (born 1910 in  Edinburgh).

He died in Edinburgh on 8th January 1948.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous3 January 2015 at 23:56

    Jean married a Danish Baron in 1932 at Auchinleck - Erik Juel-Brockdorff, and had six children to him.
    There was another son of Col Boswell - Bobby who farmed in the borders ( Kelso?)

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