Boswell, Alexander; Boswell, Claud Irvine; Boswell, James; Boswell, Sir Alexander; Boswell, Robert

Auchinleck is situated in Ayrshire, in Scotland's large Strathclyde region, 21 kilometres east of the town of Ayr. The town has a population (based on 1991 figures at least) of 4,160.

Auchinleck is associated with the Boswell family through the granting of the estate to Thomas Boswell, a 'cadet' of the Balmuto line, on his marriage to the daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Auchinleck in 1504. Thomas had been one of the court favourites of James IV and he died with the king at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

On his appointment as Lord of Session in 1754, Alexander Boswell (1706-1782) took the title of Lord Auchinleck. It was Alexander Boswell who had Auchinleck House built. His son, James Boswell, the diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson, was born at nearby Auchinleck House, and is buried in the churchyard in Auchinleck

Balmuto in the parish of Kinghorn, in Fife, was an estate with a mansion, the latter just over 4 kilometres northwest of Burntisland.

On his appointment as Lord of Session in 1754, Alexander Boswell (1706-1782) took the title of Lord Auchinleck. It was Alexander Boswell who had Auchinleck House built. His son, James Boswell, the diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson, was born at nearby Auchinleck House, and is buried in the churchyard in Auchinleck.

Thomas Boswell had been one of the court favourites of James IV and he died with the king at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.

From the guide to the Papers of the Boswell family of Auchinleck and Balmuto, 1722-1823, (Edinburgh University Library)