Charles William Sholto Douglas
He was the 2nd son of Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton.
He was a Writer to the Signet 1903-1907.
He served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire Light
Infantry (Second Lieutenant. Dated 7th December,
1898) and was a Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. in World War I.
His service is commemorated on the
Conaglen memorial.
RESIDENCE: Of Back Bridge, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.
Birth: 19 JUL 1881 Death: 10 OCT 1960
Father: Sholto George (19th
Earl of Morton) Douglas b: 5 NOV 1844
Mother: Helen (Hon) Geraldine Ponsonby
Marriage 1 Alice-Agnes Fox-Pitt
Children
- Thomas William Douglas b: 10 JAN 1924; Killed in action,
December 1943
- Helen Alice Douglas 1921-2009 (1)
Marriage 2 Florence Timson
Children
John Charles Sholto (21st Earl of
Morton) Douglas b: 19th March 1927
Notes:
1. Helen Lady de Mauley, who died 4 June, 2009,
was the widow (& second cousin) of the 6th Lord de Mauley (cr Baron of
the UK 1838). She was b 7 Oct 1921, as Helen Alice Douglas, scion of the
Earls of Morton, only dau. of Hon Charles William Sholto Douglas, of
Back Bridge, Malmesbury, Wiltshire (2nd son of Sholto George [Douglas],
19th Earl of Morton, by his wife Hon Helen Geraldine Ponsonby, 4th dau.
of Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper [Ponsonby], 2nd Lord de Mauley; and
married (i) 20 Oct 1947, Lieut Col Bryan Lynch Leslie Abdy Collins OBE
MC (1913-52), by whom she had issue, Thomas Adby Collins, b 1948, and
Brian James Douglas Adby Collins, b 1952; married (ii) 16 Nov 1954,
Gerald John [Ponsonby], 6th Baron de Mauley (1921-2002).
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