William (Provost of Forfar) Douglas

Abt 1662 - Aft 1725  (64 years)

• Name	William (Provost of Forfar) Douglas
  Birth	Abt 1662
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1725
  Person ID	I188167	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Bishop Robert Douglas,   b. 1625   d. 22 Apr 1716 (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lammy,   b. Abt 1625   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	9 Jul 1661
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marjory Gray,   b. Bef 1700   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Robert (1st of Brigton) Douglas,   c. 3 May 1701   d. 2 Dec 1750 (Age ~ 49 years)   2. Other children Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Margaret Douglas,   b. Abt 1702   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F75437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  a chirurgeon-apothecary in Forfar Ancestor of the Douglases of Brigton (Research):1718: About the beginning of last century one of the Reids sold part of the barony (Auchinleck) to a person named Smith, of Camno, who called his purchase 'Smithfield.' His son John, second of Smithfield, married a daughter of William of Douglas, who was ancestor of the family of Brigton, in Kinnettles, and Provost of Forfar. He was a son of Dr. Robert Douglas, Bishop of Brechin. Mr. Smith's only child, Catherine, married John Fife of Dron, and banker in Edinburgh. By the death of a descendant of theirs, who was a merchant in Glasgow, the estate came to Major David Fyffe of The Lodge, Broughty Ferry, and of Logie, Dundee, whose lady being of the family of Brigton, was a descendant of the Bishop of Brechin, and subsequently of Dunblane. The estate of Smithfield was acquired by the late John Shiell, solicitor, Dundee, and it now belongs to his Trustees.