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Adm. pens. (age 20) at TRINITY, May 13, 1825. S. and h. of Alexander[writer to the Signet]. B. [Dec. 1, 1804] at Edinburgh. School, High, Edinburgh (Mr Pillans). ' Matric. Michs. 1825; B.A. 1829. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) June 24, 1829; priest (Ely) June 14, 1830. Chaplain to the E.I.C., Bengal Establishment. Minister of St James's, Calcutta; of the E.I.C. Chapel (afterwards called St Matthias), Poplar, 1857-60. Married (1) Louisa, dau. of Sir Archibald Dunbar, Bart., of Nashfield, Elgin, Nov. 8, 1831; (2) Susan Ann, dau. of Gen. Nicolas Carnegie, Oct. 21, 1834. Author, Psalms and Hymns, chiefly selected. Died June 18, 1860, at the East India Chaplaincy, Poplar. Father of James P. (1862). (C. Rogers, James Boswell; Hennessy; G. Mag., 1860, II. 97; Burke, L.G.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1829 | Ordi(ordination) | Boswell, Robert Bruce | / | priest | View |
| 1829 | Ordi(letters dimissory) | Boswell, Robert Bruce | / | deacon | View |
| 1829 | Ordi(ordination) | Boswell, Robert Bruce | / | deacon | View |
| 1831 | Appt(Licensing) | Boswell, Robert Bruce | Cheltenham / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1831 | Subsc | Boswell, Ro: Bruce | St. Mary's, Cheltenham / | Curate | View |
| 1831 | Appt(approbation of appointment) | Boswell, Robert Bruce | Bengal Establishment / | Chaplain | View |