1867 - 1948 (81 years)
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Name |
John Douglas-Boswell |
Birth |
1867 |
Garrallan House |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1948 |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Person ID |
I44449 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
22 Nov 2022 |
Family |
Janet Alice Angus, b. Bef 1907 d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
1907 |
Monkton Old Parish Church |
- Monkton Old Parish Church where the Angus Aisle can still be seen
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Family ID |
F78828 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Nov 2022 |
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Notes |
- John Douglas Boswell succeeded to the lands of Garrallan and South Boig.
John Douglas Boswell was born at Garrallan House in 1867 and went on to have a distinguished career as a sportsman and a soldier. He was capped 15 times for Scotland at rugby union (1889-1894) and served as a Lieutenant Colonel battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 12th (Ayrshire Yeomanry) seeing action in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and France in the Great War and awarded the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia). A Writer to the Signet he died at Edinburgh in 1948 and was succeeded by his eldest son, John Patrick Douglas Boswell.
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