John (12th of Tilquhilie) Douglas
1737 - 1773 (36 years)-
Name John (12th of Tilquhilie) Douglas Birth 1737 Gender Male Death 6 Mar 1773 Edinburgh 
Burial Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland - Here lies Interr'd among his Ancestors,
John Douglass of Tilliwhilly,
Advocate,
who died at Edin. March 6th 1773,
in the 36th year of his Age, and in
his Father's lifetime.
He was the only son of
John Douglass and Mary Arbuthnott,
was early educated in principles of
true religion,
which appear'd well in him all his Life.
O! Reader, her drop a Tear
for a young man so soon cutt off.
But let this comfort thee,
that he has gain'd infinitely by dying,
for Blessed are the dead that
die in the Lord;
and we have reason to believe that his
righteous soul is now in a happy state,
waiting for the resurrection of his body
to eternal life.
Person ID I95697 My Genealogy Last Modified 19 Apr 2022
Father John (11th of Tilquhille) Douglas, b. 1709 d. 18 Jan 1791, Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 82 years) Mother Mary Arbuthnott Marriage 1736 Family ID F24661 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Colquhoun, b. Abt 1782 d. 10 Apr 1835 (Age 53 years) Marriage 1770 Children 1. John (13th of Tilquhillie) Douglas, b. 1771 d. 6 Jul 1812 (Age 41 years) 2. George Lewis Augustus Douglas, b. Abt 1773 d. 15 Sep 1854, Thuringen, Vorarlberg, Austria (Age 81 years)Family ID F35045 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2013
- Here lies Interr'd among his Ancestors,
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Notes - Advocate
Died in his father's lifetime. Buried in the family vault. - (Research):Katharine, daughter of Alexander Gordon of Lesmoir, married Alexander Burnet of Leys. Their son, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet of Leys, married, as his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie.
This Sir Robert Douglas was father of Sir William of Glenbervie, who was brother of Lady Burnet : and Sir William Douglas, 1st Bart., married Janet, daughter of Alexander Irvine of Drum, about 1635 or 1640. Sir Robert Douglas' 3rd daughter married Irvine of Montboddo, of whom James Burnet, Lord Montboddo.
Sir Thomas Burnet, 1st Bart, of Leys, married 2ndly, Jean Moncreiff and his 2nd daughter married Sir Robert Douglas of Tilquhillie, being a grand-daughter of Alexander Burnet of Leys and Katharine Gordon of Lesmoir.-Vide Douglas' Baronage.
John Douglas of Tilquhillie and Inchmarlo in 1736 married Mary, daughter of the Hon. John Arbuthnott, and sister of the 6th Viscount. His son, John Douglas, an advocate, married, 1770, a daughter of Sir George Colquhoun of Tillyquhoun, Bart., and had 2 sons-1, John Douglas, b. 1772, married 1793, Penelope, daughter of John Mackenzie of Stricathro ; 2, George, posthumous, b. 1773, afterwards Sheriff Douglas. -Vide Douglas & Woods' Peerage. John Douglas had as children John Douglass, who sold and afterwards bought back Tilquhillie, and Anne, who married Dr John Brown.
- Advocate