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Sir William Douglas of Kelhead
Governor of Carlisle
Colonel William Douglas of Kelhead (died 1673) raised a regiment of foot in
Nithsdale and Annandale in 1643.
Variously known as Colonel William Douglas of Kilhead’s Regiment of
Foot and The Nithsdale and Annandale Regiment, it was a
Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, forming part of the
Earl of Leven’s army.
At the Battle of Marston Moor, 2 July 1644, the
second line was entirely composed of Scots, including William Douglas of
Kilhead's Regiment, under Major-General Sir James Lumsden.
The regiment
were previously deployed at the Siege of Newcastle in February 1644, and were
again on 19 October 1644, when it was part of The "Third Brigade", sited
opposite Pilgrim Street Gate, which they successfully assaulted that day,
leading to the fall of the city.
From October 1644 to 25 June 1645, the
regiment was part of the force that besieged Carlisle. Following the seige of
Carlisle in 1645, he was appointed the city's Governor
He was created
Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1668.
William Douglas was the son of William
Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640) and Isobel (of Lothian) Kerr,
daughter of the 1st Earl of Lothian. He was infeft in Kelhead in virtue of a contract with his brother, the
second Earl of Queensberry.
He married Agnes, daughter of George Fawside of Fawside. Their son,
Sir James Douglas of Kelhead (1639-1708)
was made a Baronet of Nova Scotia in his father's lifetime.
He had a charter along with his wife Agnes of part of the lands of Prestongrange,
Haddingtonshire these lands they disposed of a few months later, in 1644.
Ordinance in favour of Colonel William Douglas 3
November 1646, Edinburgh, Parliament
The estates of parliament
ordain [Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie], lord register, to draw up a
letter from the parliament to our commissioners at London in favour of
Colonel William Douglas, governor of Carlisle, that the commissioners
may deal with the English parliament to take off the sequestration put
upon the said colonel's lands, and the estates give warrant to [John
Lindsay, earl of Crawford Lindsay], president of parliament, to sign the
said letter in name of the parliament this afternoon. |
Act [Colonel William Douglas], laird of
Kelhead 26 November 1645, St Andrews, Parliament
The
estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the
desire of the supplication presented to them by Colonel William
Douglas of Kelhead, governor of Carlisle, craving that the
former commission granted to him for levying 100 horses to
attend the garrison at Carlisle might be enlarged for a squadron
of horse, and that the estates would grant their approbation to
the three troops already levied by him, and a new warrant for
the fourth to complete the squadron, and to cause the supplicant
be answered of the £500 sterling advanced by him in levying the
said troops lifted by him for attending the said garrison at
Carlisle, as the supplication bears; together with the opinion
of the committee of dispatches anent the aforesaid supplication
and desire thereof, the said estates ordain the aforesaid 100
troopers which the supplicant did lift by warrant from the
committee to be framed in a troop and appoint the supplicant to
be rutmaster thereof, and for his charges in levying these
horses and for the other good services performed by him, the
said estates do hereby give precept and warrant to [Sir Adam
Hepburn of Humbie], commissary-general, and his deputes to make
payment to the said Colonel William Douglas of Kelhead, governor
of Carlisle, of the aforesaid sum of £500 sterling to be paid to
him out of the readiest monies that can conveniently be had
pertaining to the public, for the which this act shall be a
warrant. |
Death: 1673
Father: William (1st Earl of
Queensbury) Douglas
Mother: Isobel (of Lothian) Kerr
Marriage 1 Agnes (of Fawside) Fawside
Children
- William
Douglas (dvp unm)
-
James (Sir) (1st Bt of Kelhead) Douglas
b: 19 SEP 1639
- Robert
Douglas
- Archibald Douglas
(Colonel) (1 dau)
- George Douglas (captain)
- Mary
Douglas m. (mcrt 28.01.1647) John Johnston of Wamphray
- Isobel
Douglas (bpt 24.10.1635)
- Margaret Douglas (b 03.04.1637)
- Catherine Douglas (b 10.04.1638) m. Menzies of Stenhouse
- Sarah Douglas (b 17.11.1641)
- Sophia Douglas m. (1672) John Craill of Stevenstoun
Marriage 2 Jean Stuart (dau of Sir Robert Stuart of Schelinlaw)
See also:
• Douglas of
Kelhead
Sources
Sources forthis article include:
• The Scots Covenanter Foot at The
Siege of Newcastle 19 October 1644"; United States Combines Arms Center.
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