BOSWELL, Thomas of Balmuto, then of Auchinleck ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

The Auchinleck estate at Auchinleck in Ayrshire.

.... It became clear that the main focus for the Trust was the Boswell family connection with the building, having been erected between 1755 and 1760 by Alexander Boswell, the 8th Laird of Auchinleck. He had been made a Judge of the Court of Session in 1754 and had taken the nonhereditary title, Lord Auchinleck. As the Saga reveals, the former Baronial estate had been granted by James IV to Thomas Boswell of Balmuto in Fife in 1505 whose wife was a member of the original Baronial family."

from David Affleck website ²

Thomas married Annabella CAMPBELL, daughter of Sir George CAMPBELL of Loudon and Marion AUCHINLECK.¹ (Annabella CAMPBELL was born about 1485.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (George Campbell) married, secondly, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Auchinleck of that Ilk, and by her had an only child, Annabella, married, first, to Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck ...."

from History of Ayr and Wigton




"1515

Letter of reversion by Annabel Campbell, lady Auchinleck, widow of Thomas Boswell of Auchinleck, to John earl of Lennox, over certain lands in barony of Tarbolton. (End missing)

from GD3/2/2/31 ^{1 3}