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Sir William Douglas, 4th Bart
of Kelhead (d
16.05.1783) m. (21.03.1772) Grace Johnstone (d 25.03.1836, eldest
daughter and co-heir of William Johnstone of Lockerbie) Henry
Alexander Douglas, a brother of the sixth and seventh Marquesses of
Queensberry
A. H. Johnstone Douglas DL JP of
Lockerbie (1846–1923)
Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas (3 December 1871 – 10
March 1958)
William Douglas (d 1834, Colonel) had
issue m1. (27.10.1795) Catherine Johnstone (youngest daughter and
co-heir of William Johnstone of Lockerby), m2. (sp) Wilhelmina Douglas.
William Douglas was a grandson of Sir
John Douglas, 3rd Bart of Kelhead (d 13.11.1778). Note:
Elsewhere I have a note that he was the son of David Douglas, 9th son of
Sir William Douglas, Bt. Stirnet shows him to be son of David, grandson
of William, 2nd Bt of Kelhead.
Jane Margaret Mary Douglas (b
15.01.1811, d 15.04.1881) married her cousin (27.01.1841) Robert
Johnstone Douglas of Lockerby (d 12.11.1866, cousin). Jane Douglas was
the daughter of Charles, 5th Marquess of Queensberry.
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, PC
(1698–1778) was created Lord Douglas of Lockerbie, Dalveen and Thornhill,
Viscount of Tiberris and Earl of Solway on 17 June 1706, these titles
becoming extinct on his death.
Olive Christian, daughter of the late Arthur
Henry Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie, married 20 Dec
1905, Lt Col Francis John Carruthers 11th of Dormont (1868-1945)
Lady Jane Douglas (1811-1881), Married
1841, Robert Johnstone-Douglas, of Lockerbie, (1814-1866). She was the
daughter of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry (1777-1837).
Their son, Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas, of Lockerbie, (1846-1923),
Married 1869, Jane Maitland Stewart, b1930, daughter of Stair Hathorn
Stewart.
John Johnston Douglas of Lockerbie was
a land tax commissioner, 1836
John Douglas of Lockerbie is listed as
a freeholder in 1811
Jane, who was daughter of Stair
Hawthorn Stewart and his 3rd wife Jane Rothes, daughter of John Maitland
of Freugh, married, in July 1869, AHJ Douglas of Lockerbie, late 42nd
Highlanders.
William Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington
PC (11 May 1835 – 7 October 1896), also 1st Baron Kensington in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom married Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas,
daughter of Robert Johnstone-Douglas, in 1867
5 Apr 1821 at Lockerby House, His
Excellency Colonel Maxwell, CB, Capt-general and Governor of St
Christopher 'etc, etc' to Miss Douglas, only daughter of Lt Gen Douglas
of Green Croft.
22 Feb 1827 at Lockerby House, the lady
of Henry Douglas, a son
Several members of the family are
buried in Dryfebridge
graveyard, which is (2019) uncared for and overgrown.
Arms:
Quarterly:
1st and 4th, Argent, within an orle a man's heart Gules, imperially
crowned Proper; on a chief Azure, three mullets of the field; 2nd,
Argent, a saltire Sable, on a chief Gules three cushions Or; 3rd, Azure,
a bend between six cross-crosslets fitchee Or.
Above the Shield
is placed a Burghal coronet and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto
"Forward".
See also:
Lockerbie
Lockerbie House
Hon John Douglas
Further reading:
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A detailed account of Henry Alexander Douglas, the prominent
19th-century British merchant banker, has been written by his
descendant, Francis Douglas KC, detailing his commercial career,
familial legacy, and contributions to the judicial system in Australia.
This references the Douglas family of Lockerbie. [pdf]
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