Margaret Douglas

- 1774

• Name	Margaret Douglas
  Gender	Female
  Death	24 Oct 1774
  Person ID	I8728	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	James (13th Laird Of Mains) Campbell (Douglas)   d. 1744
  Mother	Rebecca Wallace,   b. Bef 1715   d. 22 Apr 1764, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1715
  Family ID	F3282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Archibald (1st Duke of Douglas) Douglas,   b. 1694   d. 21 Jul 1761 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1758
  Family ID	F3333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Known as Peggy Mains Margaret, Duchess of Douglas, was daughter of James Douglas of Mains (12th) and obtained her title by marriage to Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas (part of the Red Douglas family, and a distant relation). Margaret and Archibald married late in life, did not have children, and the title of Duke of Douglas became extinct on Archibald's death. The estates of Douglas became the subject of a legal battle (known as the Douglas Cause) between Archibald Steuart (the Duke of Douglas' nephew) and the Duke of Hamilton, who inherited the remaining titles of Douglas. Margaret supported Archibald, who was granted the estates after appeal to the House of Lords. In her will, she left money to purchase lands to be called Douglas-Support.