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Elizabeth Boswell (17 March 1788 - 21 March 1839) was a Scottish painter.

Life
Her father was Claud Irvine Boswell, Lord Balmuto (1742 - 22 July 1824).

Her mother was Anne Irvine. She inherited the lands of Kingcausie in Deeside. Claud and Anne married on 28 April 1783 in Edinburgh.

Elizabeth Boswell was born on 17 March 1788 in Edinburgh. Another daughter was Mary Anne Boswell. A son John Irvine Boswell became a distinguished soldier in the Peninsular War. John had no children and he left Kingcausie to his niece, Anne Irvine Syme.

Elizabeth married Patrick Syme (1774 - 25 July 1845), her art teacher, on 8 November 1822 in Edinburgh.

The English Chronicle and Whitehall Evening Post of Thursday 21 November 1822 recorded it as: In March last [i.e. March 1822], and on 8th instant [8 November 1822] remarried by the Very Rev. Principal Baird at No. 41 St Andrews Square, Edinburgh, Patrick Syme of Queen Street, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Claud Irvine Boswell Esq. of Balmuto, late one of the senators of the College of Justice.

The 'remarried' here indicates that Elizabeth and Patrick were married before, probably at a Kirk Session hearing in March 1822. As a daughter of a Lord this was likely deemed unacceptable and a more suitable remarriage was arranged.

They had a son John Thomas Irvine Boswell Syme (1 December 1822 - 31 January 1888), and a daughter, the aforementioned Anne Irvine Syme, who inherited Kingcausie.

Art
Caledonian Horticultural Society award for the drawing of a golden pippin apple.

Death
She died on 21 March 1839 in Dollar. She is buried in Dollar cemetery, alongside her husband.