The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [740]
Boscawen, Hon. Edward (1711–61), admiral, RN: 702
Boscawen, Hon. Mrs (d. 1805), widow of the preceding, letter writer and literary heiress; muse and patron to several writers; dedicatee of Hannah More’s poem ‘Sensibility’: 702, 753, 816
Boscovich, Pere Roger Joseph (1711–87), mathematician and philosopher: 326, 480
Bosville, Diana, elder daughter of Godfrey Bosville, see Macdonald, Lady
Bosville, Godfrey (1717–84), of Gunthwaite andThorpe, Yorkshire: 761, 717
Bosville, Mrs Godfrey (d. 1780): 350
Boswell, Alexander, see Auchinleck, Lord
Boswell, David (d. 1661), 5th Laird of Auchinleck: 483
Boswell, David, J.B. ‘s brother, see Boswell, Thomas David
Boswell, David (1776-7), J.B.’s second son: 570, 577, 578
Boswell, Dr John (1707–80), J.B.’s uncle: 231, 514, 517–18, 523, 583
Boswell, Elizabeth (nee Boswell) (d. 1799), 2nd wife of Lord Auchinleck: 334, 570
Boswell, Euphemia (1774–1837), J.B.’s second daughter: 411, 489, 569, 576, 640
Boswell, James (d. 1749), J.B.’s grandfather: 483, 489
Boswell, James (1778–1822), barrister and literary scholar, J.B.’s second surviving son; member of the Roxburghe Club (1813); worked with Edmund Malone to edit a nine-volume Shakespeare (1821) and provide additional material for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth editions of Life of Johnson (1799, 1804, 1807, 1811):9, 330, 525, 721, 723
Boswell, Margaret (nee Montgomerie) (d. 1789), wife of J.B.; achieved fame through the Life, a work which was completed in large part through her endurance: 338, 402, 403, 404, 406, 408, 409, 411, 416, 417, 419, 420, 422, 429, 450,463, 464,465, 468,482, 483,487, 488,489, 491, 565, 566, 569, 570, 575, 576, 578, 586, 591, 592, 593, 609, 636, 639, 640,642, 719,720, 725,748, 759, 763, 840 and n. a, 848, 850, 851, 852, 853, 855, 862, 886, 892, 909, 910, 975
Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775–1822), poet, politician and eldest son of J.B.; member of the Roxburghe Club (1819); Tory MP for Plympton Erle, Devon: 467, 482,483, 489, 525, 565, 569, 575, 576, 578, 587, 640
Boswell, Sir William (d. 1649), diplomat and patron of learning; resident agent in the United Provinces at The Hague (1632); early follower of Galileo in England: 109 n. b
Boswell, Thomas (d. 1513), 1st Laird of Auchinleck: 483, 872
Boswell, Thomas David (d. 1826), J.B.’s youngest brother, a Spanish merchant and, subsequently, an inspector in the Navy Pay Office: 622, 757, 761–2, 763, 890, 998
Boswell, Veronica (1773–95), J.B.’s eldest daughter: 463, 565, 569, 575, 576, 578, 587, 592, 640, 725
Boswell of Balmuto: 483
Bott, Revd Thomas (1688–1754): 617 n. a
Bouchier, or Bourchier, Charles (c.1727–1810), governor of Madras (1767–70): 812
Bouffier, Claude, see Buffier, Claude
Boufflers, Madame de (Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, comtesse de Bouffiers-Rouverel) (1724–c.1800): 322, 479
Bouhours, Dominique (1628–1702), French author and critic: 306
Boulter, DrHugh (1672–1742), Archbishopof Armagh: 29
Boulton, Matthew (1728–1809), manufacturer and entrepreneur; ran the Soho Foundry (est. 1796), a purpose-built steam engine factory and a mint to supply coinage to the government; acquired techniques for manufacture of Sheffield plate and ormolu: 510
Bouquet, Joseph (fl. 1751–4), London bookseller: 133
Bourchier, Charles, see Bouchier, Charles
Bourdaloue, Louis (1632–1704), French divine: 388
Bourdonne, Madame de: 388 n. b
Bourryau, Mr: 507
Bower, Archibald (1686–1766), historian: 127
Bowles, William (1755–1826), sonof the above: 891–4
Bowyer, William (1699–1777), printer; valued a learned corrector at the heart of hisfirm and hence producedworksofsome scholarship; Appointed to print votes Of the House of Commons (1729);Bought the copyrights to significant Swiftiana; describedbyJohn Nicholsas‘the most learned [English] Printerofthe Eighteenth Century’: 969
Boydell, Alderman John (1719–1804), engraver and printseller; common council-Lorfor the ward of Cheap(1758);Alderman(1782);Proprietor of successful shop at the corner of Queen Street in Cheapside; opened Shakespeare Gallery (1789): 419 n. c
Boyle, Hon. Robert