Douglas of Mains (Cont)

John Campbell Douglas, 18th of Mains (Note alternative number and succession)
d 1857

Father: Campbell Douglas
Mother: Agnes Marshall, dau of Robert Marshall

Married 1: Helen Bogle (d 1856, dau of Hugh, himself the son Archibald Bogle of Calderbank)

Children:
1. Archibald Campbell Douglas

2. Charles Campbell Douglas, b1844

3. Agnes Douglas, m1868 Alexander Henry Campbell. 

4. Jane Douglas, d1866

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Archibald Campbell Douglas (19th of Mains)

Married 10 Oct 1867 Elizabeth Christian Stirling, only daughter of Robert Speirs, of Burnbrae, Renfrewshire, and Culdees Castle, Perthshire, by Mary, his wife, eldest daughter of William Milliken Napier, Bt, of Milliken.

The present [c1886] proprietor of Mains, Archibald Campbell Douglas, is the repre-
sentative of a race who, though they have never resided in it, have been con-
nected with Strathblane for well nigh five hundred years. Mr. Douglas married
in 1867 Eliza Christian, only daughter of Robert Spier of Culdees, and niece
of the late Sir Robert Milliken Napier of Napier, Bart.

Memorial to Archibald Douglas Campbell, 4th Lord Blythswood. St Conan's Kirk. Loch Awe	Monument in Shepperton St Nicholas, in 'the remotest part of old' Middlesex, SW London Ellen Douglas d.1902, erected by her nephews and nieces. The inscription is on beige alabaster, with a shield of arms with red and blue inlaid glass and a thin border of gold mosaic, and a surround of darker alabaster – all very characteristic of the 1900s.	Monument in Shepperton St Nicholas Archibald Lord Blythswood, d.1908, Lord of the Manor of Halliford, Middlesex, ‘the gift of his Wife’. Well here is a treat, a flamboyant Arts and Crafts panel of the best sort. The inscription, in nice flowing script, in on a tall oval panel of pale marble, surrounded by a frame of the favoured pinky-brown alabaster. This is within a rectangular frame, the corners (spandrels) containing mother-of-pearl flowers, surrounded by white leaves and on a blue mosaic background with thin gold edging. To the sides, red-shafted pilasters, and a fine shelf above, on which rests the painted and gilt shield of arms with finials to either side. Underneath, a pair of winged cherub heads are carved in relief, below which is a floral design with a central gilt and painted cross; the supports to either side are carved with leaves. A good thing.
St Nicholas Churchyard Shepperton, Burial place for Ellen Douglas, Agnes Douglas, Susan Lumley, Robert Wheatley Lumley

See also:

• Mains (the property)
• Douglas of Mains (page 1)
• Douglas of Mains (page 2)
• Blythswood (the property)
• Blythswood and Mains lineage; Extracted from: The baronetage and knightage; By Joseph Foster [pdf]
• Blythswood, the Barons of

Research note:

Lord of the Manor of Halliford, Middlesex

In 1540 Henry VIII included Halliford in his new honor of Hampton Court. It later belonged to Queen Henrietta Maria and in 1650, as Crown property, it was sold by Parliament to William Westbrooke, who already held it on lease. Eight years later it passed from James Westbrooke to Richard Hill. At the Restoration the queen dowager regained the manor and it later became part of Queen Catherine of Braganza's dower. Matthew Johnson obtained a lease of the manor in 1680 and until about 1754 the leases were held by his family. Lessees of different families followed until 1832, when the manor and lands were sold. Thomas Nettleship bought the manorial rights and 33 acres, while Thomas Carr bought 110 acres, including the manor-house and Watersplash Farm. By 1845 R. W. Lumley (d. 1852) held the manorial rights. They were later held by his widow Susan (d. 1888) and Louisa Lumley. Between 1886 and 1890 they passed to Susan Lumley's nephew Sir Archibald Campbell, Bt., later Lord Blythswood (d. 1908). In 1914 his widow owned them and they remained in the family until 1922, when they were sold with land for building. It has not been possible to trace the lords of the manor after this. Their title had for many years been an empty one since there were no copyholders by 1739, and the courts had then been long disused.

Susan Lumley was the widow of Robert Wheatley Lumley, (1804-1852), and daughter of Colin Douglas, who died in 1820.