James Boswell (1740-1795) family tree

4th February 1846
First Division (J.C.)
No. 66 - Mrs. Jane Douglas Boswell, Pursuer, v. Sir William Miller and James Ogilvy, (Cuming's Trustees,) and Dame Grizel Cuming or Boswell, Defenders.

The Dowager Lady Boswell of Auchinleck, relict of the late Sir Alexander Boswell, who died at Culdees, Perthshire, on the 15th inst., in the 87th year of her age, was interred on Saturday in the family vault in Auchinleck churchyard.

General Rawdon John Popham Vassall, late 78th Highlanders, died at his residence, Westbourne Street, Hyde Park, on the 15th of June, in his eightieth year. He was the second and youngest son of the late Lieutenant-General Spencer Thomas Vassall, who fell mortally wounded at Monte Video on the 3rd February, 1807, while leading his regiment, the 38th, into that city through the great breach and died on the 7th, by his wife, Catherine Brandreth Backhouse, daughter of the late Dr. Evans, rector of West Tilbury, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty George III. General Vassall entered the army as ensign in the 78th Highlanders, Ross-shire Buffs, from which regiment he retired on half-pay in 1848. The same year he married Emily, second youngest daughter of the later Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart. of Auchinleck, country Ayr, who survives him.