Welcome to Douglas Clan History and Heritage

Discover the Rich History of the Douglas Clan. Here, you'll find a treasure trove of information about our proud heritage, from ancient battles and alliances to the intricate details of our tartans and crests.


  Clan gathering at Douglas Castle, 2014   Agazano Castle   Earl of Argus
 

People

The Douglas Archives contains biographies of many people of interest, both the living and the dead. They are listed by various categories to assist with searching. New contributions welcome!

Places

The Douglases have created their mark on the landscape around the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Each place is linked to the family members associated with that place.

Heraldry

Crests, coats of arms and cyphers can tell a story about the family members who bear them. Our extensive collection can link those people.


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  What we do
The Douglas Archives seeks to preserve, protect and make widely known the enormous contribution that members of the Clan Douglas have made, and are still making, in politics, medicine, literature, music, sport, exploration and other forms of scientific endeavour, military campaigns and many other fields.
  How we do it
This is a digital archive and so we are not able to preserve manuscripts, artefacts, buildings or other tangible assets. It is regretful that there is no international clan centre that is able to do this. However, we recognise that the great Douglas families, the Dukes of Buccleuch and Hamilton, and the Earls of Home and Morton, do much to protect their family heritage, and that the Museum in the town of Douglas, in Lanarkshire, also lays its part part.
  Where we are
The Douglas Archives are, at the time of writing, a collection of 13,300+ files containing material, some still un-edited, from a wide variety of sources. New material is included almost daily, though not necessarily published immediately. The result is a dynamic archive of biographies, anecdotes and historical material about the Douglas family.


 
         

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Torin Douglas, Living 202411/30/2024
Douglas Family Trees11/29/2024
Biographies of Douglas artists11/28/2024
Armorials - People11/22/2024
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, dc155011/21/2024
The Douglas-Bate Family11/19/2024
Vice Admiral Sir (Henry) Percy Douglas, 1876-193911/19/2024
Douglas titles11/15/2024
John Douglas, 1813-189311/13/2024
William Wallace Douglas, b. bef 190511/07/2024
The Douglas family in France - People11/01/2024
Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1703-178710/29/2024
Haddington House10/28/2024
Hailes Castle10/28/2024
Rupert Douglas-Bate, b.196310/24/2024
William, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 1811-186310/20/2024
Douglas with West Indies connections10/10/2024
Douglas of Kangaroo Point10/02/2024
Torin Douglas, Living 202411/30/2024
Douglas Family Trees11/29/2024
Biographies of Douglas artists11/28/2024
Armorials - People11/22/2024
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, dc155011/21/2024
The Douglas-Bate Family11/19/2024
Vice Admiral Sir (Henry) Percy Douglas, 1876-193911/19/2024
Douglas titles11/15/2024
John Douglas, 1813-189311/13/2024
William Wallace Douglas, b. bef 190511/07/2024
The Douglas family in France - People11/01/2024
Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1703-178710/29/2024
Haddington House10/28/2024
Hailes Castle10/28/2024
Rupert Douglas-Bate, b.196310/24/2024
William, 11th Duke of Hamilton, 1811-186310/20/2024
Douglas with West Indies connections10/10/2024
Douglas of Kangaroo Point10/02/2024


 
  Douglas Archives Genealogy Database Douglas Community Network
  Approaching 200,000 individuals, the Douglas Archives database is an ever growing record of Douglases, and those connected by marriage.  It's dynamic structure allows for easy searching, with descendancy and ancestral charts.
Family history research can be a lonely pastime - but it needn't be!  Our Community Network allows those with mutual interests to interact, share their 'brick walls' and knowledge.
 
  Douglas DNA The Glenfunan Games
  We have collected together research conducted in a now defunct forum so that it remains accessible. Here you will find links to the DouglasDNA project, and more. Researching history can be a dry process. The Glenfunan Games is a light hearted way to look, play and learn. Can you complete the Quickfire Quiz?
 


Our map of Douglas places of interest is far from complete. But as a 'work in progress' I felt that is has a place here.


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We are looking for your help to improve the accuracy of The Douglas Archives.

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We try to keep everyone up to date with new entries, via our What's New section on the home page.

We also use the Community Network to keep researchers abreast of developments in the Douglas Archives.


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Last modified: Friday, 02 August 2024