Amongst the many taken prisoner, some of whom were
subsequestly executed, were several members of the Douglas family.
An Archibald Douglas escaped from Stirling Prison in June 1746.
Sir John Douglas of Kelhead was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Charles Douglas, Lord Mordington, son of the 4th Lord Mordington,
pleaded that he could not be tried for treason as he was a peer of Great
Britain.
[Another] petition on behalf of French officers is that
of the Earl of Morton (S.P.Scot., 36-48) in regard to two brothers,
Douglas :
' EDINBURGH, 6th August 1747-
' MY LORD,—Sometime
before I left London I addressed Your Grace on behalf of two French
gentlemen of the name of Douglas, officers in the Service of that Crown
and prisoners of war at Penrith, that they might be allowed to return to
France upon their paroles.
' Your Grace told me it was needless to
make any such particular application, because they were all very soon to
be exchang'd. But this day I received a letter from one of 'em telling
me they were still in the same situation at Carlisle.
' I must again
renew my request to Your Grace that they be allow'd to go home upon
their paroles, in case they are not to be exchang'd soon. I received
civilities from their relations in France, and should be glad, thro'
Your Grace's means, to make them some return.
' Their names are
Douglas, Capitaine dans le regiment de Languedoc and Douglas, Capitaine
dans le regiment de Drummond ou Royal Ecossais, but they are both
Frenchmen.
—ete. MORTON.'
These two officers appear in the List
of Prisoners as Captain Charles Guillaume Douglas and Captain d'Hortore
Douglas respectively.
Charles William Douglas from
Regiment:
Irish Piquets Rank: Captain
Prisoner at: Inverness
William spelt
Guillaume Surrendered at Inverness on 16 April 1746 and signed his
parole on 17 April 1746. Pardoned on condition of permanent banishment.
Discharged.
d'Hortore Douglas, from France
Regiment: Ecossais
Royale Rank: Captain
Prisoner No.: 691 Prisoner at: Inverness,
Penrith
Surrendered at Inverness on 16 April 1746 and signed his
parole on 17 April 1746.
Imprisoned at Penrith. He was a signatory to
the appeal by Lord Louis Drummond on behalf of Captain James Hay of the
French Royal Scots on 22 September 1746. Pardoned on condition of
permanent banishment. Discharged.
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Comment: d'Horte and
Charles Douglas were brothers.
Sir John Douglas, Bt. was excepted from the General Act of Pardon.
See also:Battle of Culloden
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