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Douglas Articles The Douglas Archives brings together biographies, accounts of battles, and the histories of the places where members of the Douglas family lived, worked, and left their mark. While each of these records stands on its own, the fuller story of the clan emerges in the connections between them. Our Articles section is where those connections come to life. Here you’ll find essays that weave together people, events, and landscapes; explorations of themes that span centuries; and reflections that place individual stories within the wider tapestry of Douglas history. These articles help bridge gaps, highlight relationships, and offer deeper context for researchers, family historians, and anyone curious about the legacy of the Douglas name. Below is the full list of articles—an evolving collection that continues to grow as new insights, discoveries, and contributions enrich the Archives.
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'In', 'of' or 'at' a place 2014 Douglas Clan Gathering A Douglas desk seal A Douglas-Hamilton Seal A history of Tartan A tale of conspiracy and plotting Abies Douglasii at Lynedoch Albert James Smith, 1822–1883 An early history of the Douglas family in France Archibald & Eleanor Douglas-Pennant Archibald Douglas and the Legend of the Signet Ring Archibald Douglas, earl of Wigton, in France Argyll's Rebellion, 1685 articles/swords/bruce_douglas_sword.htm articles/swords/douglas-ewart-sword.htm articles/swords/douglas_sword.htm articles/swords/index.htm articles/swords/sword_henry_douglass.htm articles/swords/wallace_monument_swords.htm articles/vehicles/airport_tug.htm articles/vehicles/douglas_fir_truck.htm articles/vehicles/glen_douglas.html Australia introduction Autopsy on Sir George Douglas, d1636 Baron Douglas - Steamer Baron Douglas ships Betto Douglas - the case of Black Douglas - Bushranger Black Douglas motor yacht Black Douglas painting Black Douglas, bushranger, d1892 Black Line Dispossession of Indigenous Tribes Border Tower Houses Breaks in the chain Buccleugh library donation Burning the Bodies of Dead Bandits at Columbus, N. M. Burns and slavery Camp Morton Canterbury - A Douglas Pilgrimage Carved Armorial of Douglas, Earl of Angus Case against George Douglas, 1849 Case of the Black Douglases Catching Buttflies Catharine Douglass MacKinnon and the Seminole War Catherine, Countess of Strathearn Cavers Churches Cigarette cards Clemintina Johannes Sobieska Douglas, 1746-1771 Cloverdale Douglas (stallion) Columbus - was he a Douglas? Composition of a coat of arms Condottieri di ventura and the Scotti Douglas Contributors to the Douglas Archives Coraville Douglas (bull) Count Hannibal Scotti's Yachts Darien Expedition of c1699 Darnley/Lennox Jewel Decaying tombs in Piacenza Did a Douglas actually claim the crown? Douglas & Dolphinton Railway Douglas - a king? Douglas - The Death Ship Douglas 13thC manors in England Douglas and the Act of Union Douglas and the sugar industry Douglas Arms, Bethseda Douglas Castle - ship Douglas Chair, Queens University Douglas Clan Gatherings Douglas Clephane Antiquities Douglas Coalfield, Lanarkshire Douglas Earls of Angus: a study of power Douglas families in the Falklands Douglas family in Palestine Douglas Farm, New Jersey Douglas Ghosts Douglas honeysuckle Douglas immigrants Douglas itinerary2 Douglas Land Company Douglas models Douglas Navigation Protractor Douglas of Cavers Heraldry Douglas of Cavers: End of an Era Douglas of Earnslaw court case Douglas Pennant, ship Douglas postcards Douglas Sea Scale Douglas Support Douglas tartans Douglas titles Douglas Treaties Douglas tribes of British Columbia Douglas Undertakers Douglas window in Linlithgow Douglas' toad Douglas, iron ship - 1869 Douglas, steamer - 1881 Douglas-Appleyard Arcless Sextant Douglas-Hamilton plate Douglases and the Gledstanes Douglases and the Slave Trade Douglases lose control of the king Douglass lighter Douglaston Yacht Squadron Duchy of Châtellerault Duke of Monmouth Dukes of Brandon Dunbar versus Douglas - a story of conflict Earl of Forfar (Ship) Earl of Morton's Jig Earl of Selkirk title claim Edinburgh treaty - 1328 Edwin T Douglas - ship Enrico Dich Scot Douglas Execution of David Douglass, 1842 Extreme genealogy First Fleet to Australia Flintlock fowling piece Florence M. Douglas, Schooner Freskin the Fleming From MacDougall to Douglass Fun (peculiar) emails Garrallan ancdote Geelong silver salver and the Douglass dynasty Genealogy in modern family life George Douglas, merchantman Glenbervie Chair Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, July 2024 Gypsies and Tinkers, Travellers and Itinerants Henry & Francis of Newcastle HMS Douglas How Sir James Douglas got his Lands How the Douglases came to Walton County Importance of Family Integration of The Lothians into Scotland and the Douglas Family Influence Irish Immigrants to America James Archibald Douglas x3 James Henry Douglas - a slave trade story Janet Douglas, living 1677 Jardines of Applegirth Jenny Douglas, dancer John Douglas of South Africa King Douglas, tanker Kinmont Willie Kirkpatrick in Seville Kirriemuir - coat of arms Knights Banneret Knights Templar Lady Jane Douglas - who was she? Lady Margaret Douglas - The Other Tudor Princess Lady Mary Douglas's Reel Latter Day Saints Lazy Susan Legion of Honour Let the Wolves devour Livestock, breeders and related articles Lord Douglas (bull) Lord Morton's Mare Lyonston Douglas (bull) MacDouglall and Douglas rivalry Marquess of Northampton Marriage of John, Lord Maxwell, and Elizabeth Douglas Martyrs's Moss Massacre on board the Douglas, Schooner Miscellaneous Douglas lands in Scotland Morton's Maggot Morton's Reel Most important and powerful Douglases in History Mrs Henry Downs Murder of David Rizzio, 1566 Murder of James Douglas MV Cape Douglas Oliver - Douglas vassals Origins of the Douglas family in Italy Origins of the Douglas family in Italy Origins of the name 'Douglas' Otterburn Douglas banner Paterson - Douglas vassals Pharoah's Daughter - Queen of Scots Plantation of Ulster Plantation owners compensated Prisoners from the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651) PS Douglas PS Douglas, 1864 Rachel Douglas Raeburn portraits of the Douglas family Research myths Robbie Burns and the Douglas connection Robert Douglas bottle Robert the Bruce Rogues and vagabonds Royal connections with the Douglas family Salt cellar - Douglas of Kilhead Sand tee gun Sarah E. Douglas, schooner Sawney Bean and Black Agnes Douglas Scipio Africanus, d1774 Scottish Baronies Scottish Naming patterns Sea Shanties Ship wrecks Silver Arrow archery competition Sir James Douglas slays the Peacock of the North Sir James Douglas, buoy layer Sir James Douglas, ship Slave ships Slave trade letters SS David Douglas SS Douglas Stirling Tournament of 1449 Sugar & Slavery Swedsh steamer, Douglas The 'Unity' The Abduction of Alianora Ferrers The Alexander The arrival of the Douglass family in Port Philip The Battle of Dalrigh and the Lost Sword of Robert the Bruce The battle of the Bismark and sinking of HMS Hood, May 1941 The Bed of the Black Douglas The Black Douglas - vessel The brick makers of Allangrange The Broken Cross: A Legend of Douglas The Capitulation of Irvine The Castle of Agazzano and the ghost of Count Buso The Comlongon Tragedy The Curse of the Queensberrys The Douglas Cannon The Douglas Cause The Douglas Children, or 'Juvenile Retirement' The Douglas fir The Douglas Heart The Douglas Squirrel The Douglas surname The Douglas Tragedy The Douglas Tree of Cavers The Douglas's vs. the Crown The Douglas-fir gall midge The Douglas-Pennant Art Collection The Douglases in around the world The Earl of Morton Succession The Empire Douglas (ship) The French, Jacobites and the Douglas family The ghost of Henry Douglas The John Douglas, ship The King arrives at Holyrood The Knights of Malta in the New World The Lowland Clearances The Maiden beheading machine The Marescotti origins The Maria Douglas The Marksberry family The Percy Douglas The Queensberry Seal Matrix The Rough Wooing The Salamander in a Ring of Fire The schooner, Black Douglas The Scottish Marches The Slaying of John Douglas at Little Moccasin Gap, 1776 The Victoria Cross (VC) The Wreck of the Crown The wreck of the George H. Douglas The wreck of the Sea Horse, 1816. The wreck of the Svecia Thomas Douglas of Chile Treaty of Greenwich Treaty of Westminster (1462) USS Otis W. Douglas Viking descents into Britain Visit Scotland! War of 1812 Whisky White slave trade Who was The Black Douglas? William Douglas and the Great Colonial Migration William Douglas, murderer, bc1982 William Le Hardi - Timeline Witches and witchcraft Wreck of the Douglas Wreck of the Jane Douglas, 1901		articles/swords/index.htm articles/swords/douglas_sword.htm articles/vehicles/glen_douglas.html articles/swords/sword_henry_douglass.htm articles/swords/douglas-ewart-sword.htm articles/vehicles/airport_tug.htm articles/swords/bruce_douglas_sword.htm articles/swords/wallace_monument_swords.htm articles/vehicles/douglas_fir_truck.htm From MacDougall to Douglass Robert Douglas bottle MacDouglall and Douglas rivalry 2014 Douglas Clan Gathering Origins of the Douglas family in Italy Origins of the Douglas family in Italy SS David Douglas The Douglas's vs. the Crown Douglases and the Gledstanes Paterson - Douglas vassals Scottish Baronies The Battle of Dalrigh and the Lost Sword of Robert the Bruce Enrico Dich Scot Douglas Darien Expedition of c1699 Geelong silver salver and the Douglass dynasty Garrallan ancdote Camp Morton The Abduction of Alianora Ferrers Douglas of Cavers: End of an Era Scipio Africanus, d1774 Raeburn portraits of the Douglas family Albert James Smith, 1822–1883 Douglas families in the Falklands The Castle of Agazzano and the ghost of Count Buso Douglas Ghosts Douglas of Cavers Heraldry The Douglas Tree of Cavers Cavers Churches William Le Hardi - Timeline Legion of Honour Canterbury - A Douglas Pilgrimage Royal connections with the Douglas family The Douglas Tragedy Sawney Bean and Black Agnes Douglas Douglas - a king? The Broken Cross: A Legend of Douglas The Bed of the Black Douglas The wreck of the Sea Horse, 1816. Grand Masters of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Thomas Douglas of Chile Oliver - Douglas vassals Dunbar versus Douglas - a story of conflict Otterburn Douglas banner Murder of James Douglas Douglas Clephane Antiquities Douglas 13thC manors in England Marquess of Northampton Douglas titles The Capitulation of Irvine Douglas honeysuckle The Knights of Malta in the New World William Douglas and the Great Colonial Migration Jardines of Applegirth The ghost of Henry Douglas Douglas of Earnslaw court case 'In', 'of' or 'at' a place Miscellaneous Douglas lands in Scotland Douglases and the Slave Trade Origins of the name 'Douglas' How the Douglases came to Walton County The arrival of the Douglass family in Port Philip Douglas tartans Darnley/Lennox Jewel The Lowland Clearances Douglas family in Palestine How Sir James Douglas got his Lands Did a Douglas actually claim the crown? Rogues and vagabonds Genealogy in modern family life Catching Buttflies Importance of Family Integration of The Lothians into Scotland and the Douglas Family Influence Catharine Douglass MacKinnon and the Seminole War Contributors to the Douglas Archives Douglas Clan Gatherings Duchy of Châtellerault First Fleet to Australia Australia introduction Kirriemuir - coat of arms The Earl of Morton Succession Douglas Arms, Bethseda Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, July 2024 The Maria Douglas The Douglas-Pennant Art Collection Earl of Morton's Jig Visit Scotland! Freskin the Fleming A Douglas desk seal Flintlock fowling piece The Slaying of John Douglas at Little Moccasin Gap, 1776 Lazy Susan The schooner, Black Douglas The Douglas Cannon A Douglas-Hamilton Seal The Queensberry Seal Matrix Martyrs's Moss Scottish Naming patterns The battle of the Bismark and sinking of HMS Hood, May 1941 Fun (peculiar) emails Archibald Douglas, earl of Wigton, in France The Douglas-fir gall midge The Douglas fir An early history of the Douglas family in France Douglas - The Death Ship Irish Immigrants to America Decaying tombs in Piacenza Pharoah's Daughter - Queen of Scots Columbus - was he a Douglas? Douglas Support Condottieri di ventura and the Scotti Douglas The French, Jacobites and the Douglas family The Douglas surname Archibald & Eleanor Douglas-Pennant Douglas Earls of Angus: a study of power The Douglases in around the world Douglas postcards James Archibald Douglas x3 Cigarette cards The Salamander in a Ring of Fire Douglas itinerary2 Edwin T Douglas - ship The Douglas Cause The Marescotti origins Witches and witchcraft The Percy Douglas Douglas-Appleyard Arcless Sextant Douglas models Knights Templar Archibald Douglas and the Legend of the Signet Ring Black Douglas - Bushranger Plantation owners compensated Edinburgh treaty - 1328 Gypsies and Tinkers, Travellers and Itinerants USS Otis W. Douglas Florence M. Douglas, Schooner The Marksberry family Douglas Farm, New Jersey Marriage of John, Lord Maxwell, and Elizabeth Douglas Slave ships The Scottish Marches Count Hannibal Scotti's Yachts Silver Arrow archery competition Sea Shanties Lord Morton's Mare Buccleugh library donation Ship wrecks Lady Margaret Douglas - The Other Tudor Princess A tale of conspiracy and plotting Douglas Land Company Livestock, breeders and related articles Douglas' toad Cloverdale Douglas (stallion) Lyonston Douglas (bull) Coraville Douglas (bull) Lord Douglas (bull) The Alexander Sir James Douglas slays the Peacock of the North The Victoria Cross (VC) The 'Unity' Murder of David Rizzio, 1566 War of 1812 Douglaston Yacht Squadron The King arrives at Holyrood Execution of David Douglass, 1842 Douglas and the Act of Union Douglases lose control of the king Abies Douglasii at Lynedoch Douglas Coalfield, Lanarkshire Let the Wolves devour Breaks in the chain Mrs Henry Downs Douglas Chair, Queens University A history of Tartan Case against George Douglas, 1849 Whisky Plantation of Ulster Black Douglas, bushranger, d1892 Lady Jane Douglas - who was she? Kirkpatrick in Seville Jenny Douglas, dancer Viking descents into Britain Douglas tribes of British Columbia The Curse of the Queensberrys Black Douglas painting Douglas & Dolphinton Railway John Douglas of South Africa The wreck of the Svecia The brick makers of Allangrange Border Tower Houses Kinmont Willie Burning the Bodies of Dead Bandits at Columbus, N. M. Robbie Burns and the Douglas connection Latter Day Saints Knights Banneret James Henry Douglas - a slave trade story The Comlongon Tragedy The Douglas Children, or 'Juvenile Retirement' Douglas immigrants The Maiden beheading machine Who was The Black Douglas? Catherine, Countess of Strathearn Research myths Douglas Undertakers Case of the Black Douglases Robert the Bruce Douglas-Hamilton plate The Rough Wooing Stirling Tournament of 1449 The Douglas Heart Most important and powerful Douglases in History The Douglas Squirrel Argyll's Rebellion, 1685 Autopsy on Sir George Douglas, d1636 Douglas and the sugar industry Earl of Selkirk title claim Clemintina Johannes Sobieska Douglas, 1746-1771 Douglass lighter Sand tee gun Glenbervie Chair Salt cellar - Douglas of Kilhead Janet Douglas, living 1677 William Douglas, murderer, bc1982 Douglas window in Linlithgow Morton's Reel Treaty of Greenwich Douglas Treaties Morton's Maggot Betto Douglas - the case of Treaty of Westminster (1462) Dukes of Brandon Sugar & Slavery George Douglas, merchantman Black Line Dispossession of Indigenous Tribes Earl of Forfar (Ship) The Wreck of the Crown Sarah E. Douglas, schooner Henry & Francis of Newcastle Sir James Douglas, buoy layer PS Douglas, 1864 Prisoners from the Battles of Dunbar (1650) and Worcester (1651) Sir James Douglas, ship Massacre on board the Douglas, Schooner Lady Mary Douglas's Reel Carved Armorial of Douglas, Earl of Angus The Empire Douglas (ship) The wreck of the George H. Douglas Extreme genealogy Baron Douglas ships Black Douglas motor yacht Composition of a coat of arms White slave trade Slave trade letters Duke of Monmouth Rachel Douglas The Black Douglas - vessel SS Douglas MV Cape Douglas Wreck of the Jane Douglas, 1901 Douglas Castle - ship The John Douglas, ship Douglas Navigation Protractor King Douglas, tanker Swedsh steamer, Douglas Douglas, steamer - 1881 Baron Douglas - Steamer Douglas Sea Scale HMS Douglas PS Douglas Wreck of the Douglas Douglas Pennant, ship Douglas, iron ship - 1869 Burns and slavery

See also:

• Our Histories section
• Chicago Tribune article of 1911 on the Douglas family in Germany

• The Castles of the Black Douglases, by Callum Watson [1mb pdf]

• The Black Douglas Legend [757kb; pdf]

• Jounalist Hamish MacPherson's series of articles The mightiest Scottish clans. [709kb; pdf]

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