Dr Christopher Douglas

1740 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Christopher Douglas
  Prefix	Dr
  Birth	1740	Duns, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I105582	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	William Douglas,   b. 1712   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Isobel Spence,   b. Abt 1712   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F28443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Pringle Home
  Marriage	1769
  Children	1. Dr James Douglas,   b. 12 Apr 1775   d. 1846 (Age 70 years)   2. Alexander (of Chesterhouse) Douglas, WS,   b. 19 Jun 1780   d. 1 Jul 1851 (Age 71 years)   3. Captain Pringle Home Douglas, RN,   b. 1784   d. 1859 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F38518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2020

  
  

  Children	1. Alexander (of Chesterhouse) Douglas, WS,   b. 19 Jun 1780   d. 1 Jul 1851 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F38523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Dr. Christopher Douglas was a friend of John Wesley; when Wesley visited the Douglases his sermon given in Kelso churchyd was witnessed by Sir Walter Scott as a child; Alexander Douglas, WS, came into possession of the MS of ?Bride of Lammermoor? through his clients, the Ballantyne family (friends of Scott); in 1916 the son Alexander Sholto Douglas gifted the MS to the Signet Library, Physician in Kelso (Research):I have a note thatsays that Christopher and Pringle hadf two sons, George and Pringle