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Mountain View in the village of Darkley, Keady in County Armargh,
Northern Ireland. The ruinous building has recently been
demolished. Henry McKean(1) owned a spinning mill, and one William
Kirk a beetling on the site destined to become the thriving village of Darkley. In 1845 McKean died and his ownership of the mill passed to
Kirk who had married Ann McKean in 1820.The Douglas family's role in
the industry is not clear but it seems unlikely the the William Henry
Douglas, a cord cutter, listed below, is a direct member of the Mountain
View family. These notes need further research and expansion.
John Douglas Mountain Lodge, Keady 1,025 acres (between 1870 and 1879);
Valuation £798 5s in 1871
1888 John Douglas (JP) and William Henry Douglas (Farmer) of Mountain
Lodge Keady.
William Henry Douglas, raised at Mountainview Lodge, Keady, Armagh,
Northern Ireland, who married a Jemima Bellhouse and had several
children including a daughter Letitia b. late 1892 and her sister Emily.
The Douglas family may have been associated with the Scot or Scotch
Mills in Keady.
- Its actually a "scutch" mill, one of the processes in making linen.
Also known locally as a "beetling" mill.
Jemima was a daughter of Lucy Kearns and Henry Bellhouse and was born in
Dublin. She would have been born between about 1820-30 and married
sometime after about 1850
My (Margaret Serre) Grandmother was Letitia Douglas, her father I
believe was a Harry or Henry Douglas, son of John Douglas of
Mountainview Lodge, Keady, Armagh.
The Douglas family reportedly still live in the village of Darkley. Mountain
Lodge was on a hill overlooking the village.
There is some confusion about whether Henry William Douglas or William
Henry Douglas is the correct formulation but the former seems to have
the plurality opinion. Henry was born abt. 1856 and died 8 July 1916. On
10 Mar 1876 according to the Armagh registry office he married Lucinda
Holmes, b. 1858. In both the 1901 and 1911 Censuses of Ireland the
family is shown living in Ballyaros, Milford, Armagh. As far as we know,
Henry and Lucinda's children, all of whom were born in Armagh, included:
Alexander, 1877; Minnie, 1878; Emily, 1880; Charlotte, 1885; Bertha,
1886; Letitia, 1891 (our connection through her marriage to Martin
Lenaghan of the RIC); Margaret, 1894; and Lily, 1901.
Based on the 1911 Ireland Census posted by the Natl. Archives of
Ireland, we believe the family we are seeking is that of Henry William
Douglas, 55, a cord cutter, living at house no. 7, Monaghan Road,
Milford Town, Armagh, wife Lucinda, 48, married daughter Charlotte
Housten, 22 (and her son Thomas, 1), Letitia, 18, and Margaret, 16, all
linen damask weavers, and Lillie, 9, a scholar. Letitia married Martin
Lenaghan of Cullentragh, Mayo, a member of the RIC stationed in
Portadown at St. Malachy's RC Church in Belfast later in 1911. The
Douglas family was Presbyterian.
1837 Residences: Roan, of W, Girven, Esq,; Mountain Lodge, of H. Garmany,
Esq. (Presumably Hugh Garmony Douglas)
Hugh Garmony Douglas married Roberts Girvan, daughter of John Girvan, of
Roan
In 1924, the contents of the house and estate were sold at auction, on
instructions from H.G. Douglas. Presumably, this was Hugh Garmony
Douglas (Possibly a son of the above?). The house must also have
been sold at
about this time. Successive owners were the Flanagans, and
the Hunnifords before the Raineys. The photograph of the Brady
family on the doorstep indicates that they, too, may have been owners.
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Lot 105
Date of Auction: 7th March 2007
Dix Noonan Webb, auctioneers
Sold for £420
Estimate: £300 - £350
The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel
D.G.B. Riddick
Six: Brigadier G. S. Douglas, Royal Army Medical Corps
1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.);
Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S. E. Asia
1945-46, M.I.D. oak leaf (Brig., Staff), mounted as worn, nearly very
fine and better (6) £300-350
Footnote
M.I.D. London Gazette 26 June 1947.
Gerald Sholto Douglas was born on 27 November 1891. Qualifying as a
L.R.C.P. & S.I. and L.M. in 1914, he later became a specialist in
Anaesthetics. He was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C.
in May 1915 and Temporary Captain in May 1916 and served in France,
1915-18. Granted the regular army rank of Captain in December 1918, he
was promoted to Major in May 1927, and served in Germany, 1919; India,
1920-24 and 1928-33; Jamaica, 1937-42. Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel,
August 1941; Acting Colonel July 1943; Temporary Colonel, January 1944
and Colonel, November 1945, he served as Senior Medical Officer, B.E.F.
Dutch West Indies, 1940-42; was specially employed by the Ministry of
Information, 1942-43; was A.D.M.S. H.Q. 42 Armoured Division,
July-September 1943 and A.D.M.S. H.Q. 55th Infantry Division, 1943-44.
Holding the rank of Acting Brigadier in December 1945 and Temporary
Brigadier, June 1946-May 1947, he served in India and S.E. Asia during
1944-47, as C.O. of the B.M.H. Delhi and C.M.H. Ahmednagar, 1944; C.O.
127 I.B.G.H. (B.T.) 1944-45; D.D.M.S. H.Q. 15 Corps, 1945-47 and
A.D.M.S. H.Q. N. Midland District, 1947-48. He was placed on Retired Pay
with the honorary rank of Brigadier on 27 November 1948; ceased to be in
the Reserve of Officers in 1951 and died at Innishannon, Co. Cork on 1
November 1965.
Gerald Sholto Douglas was son of Hugh Gamany Douglas, of Mountain Lodge,
Keady, Ireland.
Notes:
1. Henry McKean was earlier recorded here as Henry
McClean, as shown in a source document. However, H. McKean is recorded
in The Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837 as being in the
ownership of H. McKean, with nearby New IIolland, owned by Lieut.
McKean, R.N.
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