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The Oswalds were a landed gentry family of Cavens, Dumfries and Auchincruive (now named "Oswald Hall"), South Ayrshire, Scotland, descending from merchant George Oswald, Rector of the University of Glasgow from 1797 to 1799, [1] Oswald was educated at Beaudesert Park School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. [2]
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Oswald was the first writer/playwright-in-residence at Shakespeare's Globe theatre, London, for which he wrote three new plays, from 1998 to 2009. [7] He was later playwright-in-residence at the Finborough Theatre.
James Oswald is a Scottish writer and farmer who has written the Inspector McLean and (as J. D. Oswald) The Ballad of Sir Benfro series of books. [1] [2] [3]He initially self-published his books but is now published by Penguin.
He was born in 1591 the son of John Maxwell of Cavens, Kirkcudbrightshire, was born in or before 1586. He was educated at the University of St Andrews , where he graduated M. A. on 29 July 1611. [ 1 ]
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Dumfries.
Albert Cavens (1906–1985), Belgian-American silent film actor; Ingrid Caven (born 1938), German film actress; Jamie Caven (born 1976), English darts player; John Caven (disambiguation)
Auchencairn ([ɔxən'kʰɛ:(r)n]) is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is located on the coast of the Solway Firth at the head of Auchencairn Bay and lies on the A711 road between the town of Dalbeattie to the east and Kirkcudbright to the west.