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Brig Gen Douglas Campbell Douglas
(1854-1927) was the 20th Laird of
Mains
He was given
the name of Douglas Campbell at birth. On 23 June 1925 his name was
legally changed to Douglas Campbell Douglas of Mains on inheriting
estate from his uncle, Archibald Campbell Douglas of Mains.
Brig.-Gen. Douglas Campbell married Violet Averil Margaret Vivian,
daughter of Colonel Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea and Averil
Beaumont, on 11 October 1899. He died on 17 June 1927.
They had
three children:
• Margaret Ella Douglas
• Agnes Violet Averil
Douglas b. 1901
• Lt.-Col. Archibald Vivian Campbell Douglas (6 Nov
1902- 28 October 1977) (21st and
last Laird of Mains)
Brigadier General Douglas-Campbell, C.B., joined the Seaforths in
May 1885, and served in India with the 2nd Battalion, taking part in the
Hazara Campaign of 1888 and the Relief of Chitral in 1895. He commanded
the 2nd Seaforths from 1909 to 1913, and at the outbreak of war was in
command of the South Wales Infantry Brigade.
He was transferred to the
Gordon Brigade, Highland Division, at Bedford, in February 1915; but
this brigade was re-formed before proceeding overseas, and was
eventually composed of the 6th and 7th Black Watch and the 5th and 7th Gordons. On its arrival in France the brigade was renamed the 153rd
Brigade. He commanded this brigade till May 5, 1917, when he was
transferred to command the 217th Infantry Brigade.
He took part in all
the Division's actions from Festubert in May 1915 up to the capture of
the Chemical Works at Roeux in April 1917.
He was awarded the C.B. in
January 1917, and was three times mentioned in dispatches.
The Brigadier died on 17 June 1927. A memorial to Brigadier
General Douglas Campbell Douglas of Mains stands in New Kilpatrick
Cemetery:
elaborately carved Celtic Cross (1927) in central area
of cemetery, also in memory of Douglas of Mains family member, Douglas
Campbell; foliated shaft and cross with medieval knight carving to head
of shaft and heraldic shield to bottom; three stage base with flanking
stones to either side.
The wording on the memorial is not
easy to read, being worn and covered in lichen; biblical quotes have
been excluded.
The cemetery is also the site of a
Douglas of Mains
mausoleum. |
