Philip Rutherford Boswell (1889 - 1969)

Born 21 Sep 1889 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elsie Kathleen (Hunter) Boswell — married 24 Oct 1923 in Lewisham, London, England

Died 12 Nov 1969 at age 80 in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Philip Boswell was born in England.

Philip Rutherford Boswell was born in September 1889 in Saffron Walden, Essex. He was the son of Doctor Henry St. George Boswell and Jessie Thompson Morison. ^[1]

Baptism Date: 10 December 1889

Baptism Place: Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Father: Henry George Boswell

Mother: Janie Thompson^[2]

Philip was the 15th Heir Male, Boswells of Auchinleck.

He lived with his parents and two sisters in High Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, England in 1891.

UK Census Date 31 March 1901: Recorded as a Boarder/Pupil at Hemel Hempstead, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England. Aged 11.

Philip was educated at Cambridge University.

He married Elsie Kathleen Hunter on 24 October 1923 at Lewisham, London, England.^[3]

They had at least two children.

His mother died in 1935.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register he was living with his wife Elsie and two domestic staff at 32 Southborough Road, Bromley, Kent, England.

Occupation: Medical Practitioner

Tragically his son Arthur died in 1943 at the age of 19 in the 2nd World War.

His wife Elsie died in 1968.

Philip died in 1969 at the age of 80.^[4]

Last address: 10 St Michael's Court, Monkton Combe, Bath

Burial

St Boswells Church, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland. PLOT: Grave 303^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XYM-J1M : 1 October 2014), Philip Rutherford Boswell, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Saffron Walden, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXTD-RXB : 12 February 2018, Philip Rutherford Boswell, ); citing item 9 p 51, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,526,934. GS Film number 1526934
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZL-LLX2 : 8 October 2014), Philip R Boswell and null, 1923; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1923, quarter 4, vol. 1D, p. 2015, Lewisham, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCV-2Q29 : 4 September 2014), Philip Rutherford Boswell, 1969; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bath, Somerset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159946581/philip-rutherford-boswell), memorial page for Dr Philip Rutherford Boswell (21 Sep 1889–12 Nov 1969), Find a Grave Memorial no. 159946581, citing St Boswells Church, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland ; Maintained by snowflake (contributor 48656941)

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5MB-9W2 : 10 December 2017), Philip R Boswell in household of Henry St G Boswell, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS4W-BH3 : 8 April 2016), Philip R Boswell, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,"