Auchinleck House, West Front. Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Auchinleck House was built between 1755 and 1760 by Alexander Boswell, 8th Laird of Auchinleck (1707-1782) and the father of James Boswell (1740-1795) the celebrated diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson. It was the third house to be built on an estate granted to Boswell’s forebears in the 14th century. Like his father before him Alexander was a lawyer. In 1754 he was created Lord Auchinleck, a non-hereditary title in recognition of his appointment as a Judge of the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court.

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Location: Auchinleck House, Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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