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John Spottiswoode - Laird of Spottiswoode

Personal data
Name
John Spottiswoode
Date of birth (prefix)
ca.
Born 1720
Alias
Laird of Spottiswoode
Biography

Son of John Spottiswoode (d. 1728) and Helen Arbuthnott (ca. 1675 - 1741). Half-brother (on mother's side) to Walter Macfarlane. Married (1740) to Mary Thomson (daughter of John Thomson of Charleton).

Life with Boswell

Spottiswoode was at Macfarlane's in London when Boswell visited on March 13, 1763.

    Mentioned in

    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. 

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