1520 - 1581 (61 years)
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| Name |
James (4th Earl of Morton) Douglas [3] |
| Birth |
1520 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
2 Jun 1581 |
Beheaded For The Murder Of Lord Darnley. Edinburgh, Scotland  |
| Burial |
Greyfriars Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland |
- He was executed on the 2nd of June 1581. . His corpse remained on the Scaffold for the following day, until it was taken for burial in a Common grave at Greyfriars Kirkyard. His head however remained on a spike outside the Tolbooth of Edinburgh for eighteen months until it was ordered to be reunited with his body in December 1582.
Although Morton's final resting place is allegedly marked with a small sandstone post incised only with the initials "J.E.M." for James Earl of Morton, this is simply a Victorian marker for a lair edge, twisted in meaning for convenience. Logically, were a marker allowed (which was not permitted for executed criminals) firstly it would more logically read "J.D.", and secondly it would have been cleared away in 1595 when all stones were removed from Greyfriars.
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| Person ID |
I5419 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2023 |
| Family 2 |
(Mistress) Cullen d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
Bef Apr 1572 |
Not Married. |
| Children |
| | 1. Archibald (of Pittendreich) Douglas, b. 1556, Pittendriech, Near Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. James (Prior of Pluscardine) Douglas, b. Abt 1558 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. George (of Parkhead) Douglas, b. Abt 1546, Pittendriech, Near Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. William (of Mosshouses) Douglas d. Bef Nov 1605 |
| | 5. 2 further Daughters Douglas, b. Abt 1570 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, b. Abt 1570 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F1941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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| Notes |
- Titles:
Master of Morton
4th Earl of Morton 1542-1567
Regent of Scotland
For some time, as a child, James was known as James INNES.
[ancestry.com]
Great Britain, Portraits of Illustrious Personages, 1502-1852 Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical and Historical Memoirs, Vol. 2 James Douglas, Fourth Earl of Morton.
"...He was trusted to the care James of a trusty person of inferior rank; Assumed the name of INNES; and as he approached manhooh...
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| Sources |
- [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.
- [S506] Robert A. Green, Sr.
- [S605] Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Book - A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England & Scotland, (Freemantle & Co. 217 Piccadilly W., 1902
Original, 2 volume set, property of Hon. Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple 1888-
vg), v.1 p.246-265, 271-285, v.2 p.124,129 (Reliability: 3).
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