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Douglas of Castle Milk, or Castlemilk
Castlemilk, Dumfriesshire
• Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848-1858: On the East bank of the Water of Milk About ½ mile N.E. [North East] of the Church.
A modern rectangular built Mansion House with Offices, Gardens, & Fish Ponds attached Situate on a rising ground on the east side of the Water of Milk & the property of Andrew Jardine; about a chain N. [North] of the present house stood the old Mansion of Castle Milk of which no trace now remains.
Occupants: Thomas Stoddart at Castle Milk
John Johnston Farmer
Robert Kirkpatrick Miller
George McDougall Blacksmith
• The
Laird of Luce was great grandson of
Archibald Douglas of Dornock, second son of the first Earl of
Queensberry, and son of the last Laird of Dornock by a daughter of Sir
James Johnstone of Westerhall. His father sold the estates of Dornock to
the Duke of Queensberry, but bought Castlemilk, which he sold in 1768.
• Sir Archibald Douglas was 'of Castlemilk' in about 1750 when his
daughter, Clarinda married John Henderson who was handed the farm of
Cleugh Brae on his marriage by Sir Archibald.
• 27 July 1715 died William Douglas of Dornock
at Castlemilk
Castlemilk, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
• After the time of the Scottish wars of independence and the establishment of the Stuart monarchy, the Lands of Castleton (or Cassiltoun) in the parish of Carmunnock came into the possession of the Douglas family. In 1455, following the rebellion of James, ninth (and last) Earl of Douglas, against King James II, all the family titles and estates were forfeited to the Crown. A short time later the confiscated lands at Castleton passed to the Stuarts of Castlemilk, Dumfriesshire. After selling their Dumfriesshire lands in 1579 to the Maxwell family, the Stuarts adopted the name Castlemilk for their estate at Castleton.
• In the 1871 census: Clemontine Douglas – Servant – Unmarried – Age 17 – Governess – Born, England.
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