Education
Baxter was educated at King"s College, University of Aberdeen.
Baxter was educated at King"s College, University of Aberdeen.
He maintained himself by acting as tutor to noblemen"s sons. From 1741 to 1747 he lived with Lord Blantyre and Mr Hay of Drummelzier at Utrecht, and made excursions in Flanders, France and Germany. Returning to Scotland, he lived at Whittingehame, near Edinburgh, until his death in 1750.