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Lord Sholto George Douglas, born 7th june 1872, was the third son of the
Marquis of Queensberry.
As a younger son of an English peer, Douglas had social rank but no
fortune; the only way Douglas could maintain the lavish lifestyle in
which he had been raised was either to marry a rich woman or strike it
rich on his own. The United States, land of self-made millionaires, was
an ideal place to do both.
It appears he first worked on a
family fruit farm in California, who which he 'had been packed off'.
He was 'a lover of sport' and spent much time on the gaming
tables, where he met his future wife.
According to the June 1, 1895, edition of the
San Francisco Call, Douglas met Maggie Mooney while she was performing
as a singer in the Bakersfield "resort" known as the Bijou.
Because of Douglas' social standing, the newspaper devoted considerable
space to the wedding, which had occurred the day before in San Jose. The
paper also reports a number of obstacles the 22-year-old Douglas and
18-year-old Mooney faced in getting together, including a trumped-up
arrest for insanity by those who wanted to prevent the marriage. The
couple were married for 25 years during which they lived in the Bay Area
and in England. They had two sons, and Mooney continued her performing
career during much of their married life. She used her married name,
Lady Sholto Douglas, socially. He
and Loretta Mooney were divorced in 1920.
Lord Sholto George Douglas and Loretta Mooney had two
children:
• Bruce Francis Sholto Douglas (1 Apr 1897 - 14 Apr 1915)
• Sholto Augustus Douglas (5 Nov
1900 - 11 Jun 1950)
Lord Sholto Douglas Gets Work at $2 a Day
on the C.P.R. (New York Times, 9 July 2010)
He married,
secondly, Georgina Leonora Mosselmans, daughter of Richard Frederick
Hendrik Mosselmans, on 23 April 1921. They were divorced in 1925. He
married, thirdly, Lily Louise Edmunds, daughter of Charles Edmunds, on
11 October 1926.
He died on 6 April 1942 at age 69.
3rd and 4th Battalions,
the Northamptonshire
Regiment, Sholto George Douglas, Esq.,
commonly
called Lord Sholto George Douglas, to be
Second
Lieutenant. Dated 2nd March 1892. |
SUICIDE IN A HOTEL.
SUSPECTED IDENTITY.
LORD SHOLTO DOUGLAS.
New York. Nov. 9.
A. man shot himself
in a hotel
here this morning. He had regis
tered his name
as Maurice Stewart,
of San Francisco, but is believed to
be Lord t Sholto Douglas, who has
been residing in Seattle
for many
Fix this textyeas. The English Consulate has
been
notified with a view to possible
identification.
(Lord
Sholto George Douglas is
the fourth son of the Marquis of
Qupensberry. He was born in 1872,
and was lieutenant in the
Northanfcs
Regiment from 1893 to 1895.)
Kalgoorlie
Miner (Western Australia)
Sat 11 Nov 1911
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