Major William Hew Sholto Douglas (born 5th April 1947)
was an army officer who is the compiler of the Douglas Archives.
The son of
Ian Fitzroy Sholto Douglas, a grandson of the Earl of Morton, and
Heather Joan Maclean of Ardgour, he was born in Ardgour House. He was
educated at Harrow School before being commissioned, in 1966, into the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
He served in Aden, Berlin, West Germany, Cyprus and in Northern
Ireland. Serving with the Gordon Highlanders in Cyprus in 1971, he was
Information Officer for Paphos District of the United Nations
peacekeeping force (UNFICYP). In 1980, following training in England and
Italy, he was the Electronic Warfare Officer for the British Army of the
Rhine (BAOR), seconded to Headquarters Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) and
2nd Allied Tactical Airforce (2ATAF).
Subsequently, he was a
member of the Royal Company of Archers and the Territorial Army.
Amongst various charitable commitments he held a directorship of the
ChildLine Trading Company, represented locally the Royal Scottish
Agricultural Benevolent Institute and supported local community websites.
He is a trustee of the Clan Maclean Heritage Trust. He is supported
and worked with a conservation charity in a successful bid
to acquire and protect a Douglas
estate.
In 2017, a pipe tune was composed in his honour -
A Jig for William
Hew Sholto Douglas.
William married, 1st February 1986, Frances Mary
Riddle, daughter of Brigadier Robert W Blackwell Riddle and Ann Miller.
She was born January 23, 1961 in Hong Kong .
Children of William Douglas and Frances Riddle are:
1. Peter Sholto Douglas, b. April 17, 1987, Dumfries.
2.
Charles Robert Douglas, b. May 28, 1989, Dumfries.
3. Kerry Ann
Heather Douglas b. October 10, 1991, Stirling.
4. Andrew William
Douglas, b. February 6, 1993, Stirling.
5. Fiona Jane Frances
Douglas, b. November 24, 2000, Stirling.
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