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IVEKN OR 377ylEUT.-COL. CHARLES MUS-I GRAVE BOSWELL, A.D.C.,^VWinnipeg, Commanding gothRifles of Canada, was born in Cobourg,Ont., July loth, 1849. He is the youngestson of the late Lieut-Col. JohnCrease Bos well, and grandson of thelate Admiral the Hon. Walter Boswell,R.N. He was educated at the CobourgGrammar School, and Upper CanadaCollege, Toronto, and received his militaryinstruction under Lieut.-Col. Lowryof the 47th, Lieut.-Col. Jennings ofthe 13th Hussars, and Capt. Penn, of theRoyal Artillery. Col. Boswell was onactive service for six months during theFenian Raid, saw stern service in theNorth-West Rebellion of 1885, asMajor of the goth Rifles, and wasspecially mentioned in despatches byMajor General Middleton, he also sawaction in 1866 Fenian Raid. On thecommand of the goth becoming vacant,he was appointed Lieut. -Colonel, andshortly afterwards A. D. C. to the Governor-Generalof Canada, for Manitoba.He has been in the Civil service forfifteen years. In politics, the Colonelis a staunch Conservative, and in religion,a member of the Church of England.In 1874, he married Emily, eldestdaughter of John Lasher, of Bath, Ont.