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People
From the perhaps mythical Sholto Douglas to the
modern day, with notable warriors and clerics,
the Douglas Scotti families have dominated the
scene in Lombardy and beyond, described in
biographies and family trees.
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Places
Douglas Scotti castles are spread across
Lombardy created as places of refuge for the
family and for the local population in times of
stife. Many of the towns have a palace with
ornate decor and furnishings.
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Heraldry
We have brought together a large collection of
heraldic armorials representing the many Douglas
Scotti families, some clearly indicating the
ancient Scottish origins, some less obvious.
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The Italian Section
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.
In this section, we focus on the Douglas Scotti, and name
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The Douglas Archives
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.
In Italy, the
many castles, palaces and places of worship connected
with the Douglas Scotti contain family artefacts and art
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A growing collection
The Douglas Archives are, at the
time of writing, a collection of 12,500 files with 8,000
images 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.
Much of the material in the Italian section has been
has been generously contributed - and more would be
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