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7th son, orphaned aged 9

John Douglas held the office of Premier of Queensland.

He had a son, Harry, who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook, Australia 1915-1929

His great grandson was Alexander Rodney "Alex"
Douglas, born 1958, Premier of Queensland.

His great granddughter is Helen McCourt

John married Mary Anne Simpson in Jan 1861. Mary (daughter of Rev. J. Simpson) was born in 1827; died in 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Hickey in 1877. Sarah (daughter of Michael Hickey and Margaret Coffee) was born in 1844; died in 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward Archibald Douglas was born in 1877; died in 1947.
2. Henry Alexander Cecil Douglas was born on 8 Apr 1879; died in 1952.
3. Hugh Maxwell Douglas was born in 1881; died on 8 Apr 1918 in France; was buried in Etalples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, Frances.
4. Robert Johnston Douglas was born on 13 Apr 1883 in Sandgate; died on 24 Dec 1972 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia; was buried in Belgian Gardens cemetery.

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Old St. Paul's, an Episcopalian church in Edinburgh with strong historical links to the Jacobites,contains a memorial window to the parents John Douglas, namely Henry Alexander Douglas and Elizabeth Dalzell, Henry's two sisters, Catherine and Christian and Henry and Elizabeth's son, Henry, the Anglican Bishop of Bombay. The memorial was erected by John's brother, Edward and his wife Hannah Charlotte Scott-Douglas.

His son's biography indicates that there might have been a brother called Hugh.

He was a merchant associated with the British East India Company

Henry married Elizabeth Dalzell on 31 Aug 1812 in Glen Stewart. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert (of Glenae) Dalzell and Anne Armstrong) was born on 20 Oct 1792; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Educated Glasgow University 1745-47; succeeded uncle Charles Douglas in Breconwhat Estate, Dumfries 13 Dec. 1770; and fa. 13 Nov 1778. Lt. Scots Brigade in Holland 1747-58; cornet a Drag. 1759-64.
When there was no money left for William and his brothers' education, the family tutor, James Hogg, took his four pupils to Glasgow, supported them out of his own 'little patrimony' and sent the two eldest to university. This he continued when their father was in the Tower of London.
In June 1747, William obtained a commission in the regiment raised by Lord Drumlanrig and then, afterwards, served in the Scots Brigade; in about 1758, he received a commission in the 2nd Dragoons. At the end of the war, William apparently retired from the army and became a member of the Duke of Queensberry's household.He went into Parliament in 1768. The Duke of Queensberry who died shortly before William's father, had long treated William as his eventual heir to the Marquessate of Queensberry, failing male issue by his immediate successor, Lord March.
Sir William's uncle, Sir Alexander Dick, recorded in his Memoranda:'The Duke, shortly before his death, having a warm attachment to my nephew, Sir William, whom he sincerely loved from his proper behaviour to him while in Parliament, and considering that he had (children).... to provide for, he left him 16,000 pounds in money on their behalf....On the worthy Dukes's death...this new unkindly and ungenerous Duke refused to pay the money...My nephew seeks my approbation for suing the Duke in the court of session.'At the general election of 1780, the Duke refused to return him to Parliament. William's action before the court of session for 20,000 pounds (16,000 pounds plus interest) was successful; on 30 April, 1783, Queensberry's appeal was dismissed by the Lords. Sir William was so overjoyed by the news that he had an apoplectic fit while playing with his children, and died on 16 May 1783. (Original sources quoted in the House of Commons biographical entry: Memoranda by Sir. Alex Dick, Curiosities of a Scots Charter Chest ed. Forbes 223; Alex Carlyle. Autobiog; Sir Alex Dick's Memoranda, Scots Mag. 1747 p. 351; Scots Brigade in Holland (Sc. Hist. Soc.) ii 390-391-412,414;Jas. Charles Sholto Douglas to R. M. Keith 7 Dec. 1775. Add.35509 f. 274. Curiosities 270.)" Article from James Boswell site Biography William Douglas. (Ca. 1730-1784) (aka. 4th Bart of Kelhead) 4th Bart of Kelhead. Son of Sir John Douglas, 3rd of Kelhead (and son of Boswell's mother's half-sister Helen Erskine) and Christian Cunninghame (1710-1741). Married Grace Johnstone (d. 1836) in 1772. A Captain in 1762. His sons Charles and John later became 6th and 7th Marquesses of Queensberry, respectively.
He was also a sometime Member of Parliament.Life with James Boswell: Boswell possibly was in William Douglas' company on October 6, 1762, when he visited Douglas' family at Kelhead. Boswell mentions a Mr. Douglas, son to Sir John, an officer in the Greys, an amiable young fellow whom I hope to see in the circumstances which he deserves. However, Sir John did have two other surviving sons, at least one of whom was in the army. Also, I rather doubt if Boswell would refer to a 32 year old as a young fellow.JB also dined with Douglas and Captain Maxwell on 20/12-62.

William married Grace (of Lockerbie) Johnston on 21 May 1772 in Midlothian, Scotland. Grace (daughter of William (of Lockerbie) Johnston and Mary Or Janet Henderson, daughter of William (of Lockerbie) Johnston) was born about 1746; was christened on 1 Dec 1746 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; died on 25 Mar 1826 in Glen Stuart, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Entry in IGI for Grissel Johnstone is the only likely one for a Grace Johnstone born to William Johnstone in the right period. No mother is given. Christening date is given as 1 December 1746. This has been verified by Imchad Research. Baptismal entry in OPR states ''Dec. 1st (1746) William Johnstone, Younger of Lockerbie, had a child born and baptised by the name of Grissel'.'Grissel' was almost always changed to 'Grace' by the late 1700s.29However, according to her death notice (30 March 1836), Grace was born circa 1843. She must have been christened at the age of three. 'Deaths: On Friday, the 25 inst., at Glen Stuart, Lady Douglas Johnstone (sic) of Lockerby, relict of the late Sir William Douglas of Kinmount, Bart., in her 93rd year'28 See Internet site for 'Lockerbie Manor' now a hotel said to have been the home of 'Dame Grace Douglas' and her husband, Sir William, but it was built in the early 1800's after he died.See also the Post Office Annual Directory for entries in 1827, 1828 and 1829 for Lady Grace Douglas, Heriot Row, No. 24, Edinburgh; also in Pigot's Directory for 1825-26. This may or may not be the same Lady Grace.30Lockerbie 'derives both its origins and its name from an ancient castle situated on a hill between two lakes, and which was the baronial residence of the family of Johnstone of Lochwood, ancestors of the present Marquess of Queensberry. The small hamlet that arose round the castle gradually increased under the liberal patronage of its proprietors, who granted lands for buildings upon long and favourable leases........Fairs for lambs and wool, which are largely resorted to by persons from many miles' distance are held at Lammas and Michaelmas............and so much has the business of late years increased, that the whole of that hill, the superiority of which was purchased from the corporation of Glasgow by Lady Douglas, of Lockerbie House, is now appropriated for that purpose.'31Notice in the Dumfries Weekly Journal of 10 August, 1802 says 'Lady Douglas of Kellhead intends to preserve the GAME on her estate of Lockerbie and all persons who shall shoot or hunt thereon without her written authority, shall be prosecuted in terms of the laws of the country.'32Grace was served heir to her father on 22 May 1783-recorded on 19 June 1783 (monthly no. 6. Referred to as Douglas-Grace, Dame (or Johnston).33Ian McClumpha of Imchad research found a book by Thomas Henderson entitled Lockerbie: A Narrative of Village Life in Days Gone By' published in 1937. It is dedicated 'To the memory of the family of Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie. Who, during successive generations, by their generosity and care for the welfare of others, did so much to alleviate the circumstances and brighten the lives of many who dwelt upon thier estates'. The book is 242 pages long and is a series of recollections of an old resident, brought out by the author, a Lockerbie solicitor. Grace and her sister, Susan, are both mentioned.

Robert married Anne Armstrong on 18 Mar 1783. Anne died on 21 Feb 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Contested Dumfries Burgh unsuccessfully in the Queensberry interest in 1735; returned as a Tory for the county in 1741, he voted against the government. In January 1746, during the siege of the castle of Stirling, he arrived from London to see the Young Pretender with reports of messages sent to France by the English Jacobite leaders, Lord Barrymore and Sir William Watkins Wynn (q.q.v.) and with the news that the sum of 10,000 pounds was lying in the city of London for the Prince's use. This was disclosed by Murray of Broughton, the Young Pretender's secretary, who turned King's Evidence with the result that in August 1746, Sir John was sent to the Tower, the house being notified of his arrest for high treason. At a meeting of the Privy Council, 11. Nov., John Douglas, being then asked what he has to say to the facts above mentioned (Murray's evidence) he saith that he shall make no answer in any shape, that perhaps this may be ill manners, but that being no lawyer he doth not think fit to give any answer.'Attempts to get corroborative evidence having failed, he was released in March 1748 on bail of 4000 pounds. Excepted by name from the subsequent Act of Indemnity, 20 Geo II, c. 52, he did not stand again.16At the Privy Coucil hearing, in response to a question 'Do you know the witness?' ( Murray of Broughton) 'Not I, I once knew a person who bore the designation of Murray of Broughton, but that was a gentleman and a man of honour, and one that could hold up his head.'17 Murray of Broughton was third cousin to Sir John Douglas of Kelhead, being descended from the first Earl of Queensberry. Sir John's grandson, Henry Alexander Douglas, married Elizabeth Dalzell, also a descendent of the first Earl of Queensberry through the Murrays of Broughton.The Gentleman's Magazine Vol. XVI. of August 1746 has a short notice of Sir John's being 'brought to town in custody of a messenger'. The same page has entries on sums of money raised in London by a Dr. Barry sent to Newgate and the arrival of Lord Lovat at the Tower and seeing the scaffold upon which he would be executed being built. 18 An article in the Gentleman's Magazine of March 1848 notes Sir John's release on bail, 'his sureties in 2000 l and himself in 4000 l'.19Sir John was the 'chief director of his friend the Duke of Queensberry's country affairs and parliamentary interest in the county of Dumfries but 'Sir John was no economist....he run aground and as he likewise had been nibbling to serve the Jacobite party...this added to the distraction and confusion of his affairs'....On Sir John's release in March, 1748 the Duke of Queensberry 'got his estate put under trustees...himself lent money....and had his creditors thereby pacified. ..By 1762, when James Boswell met him, the family were again in financial trouble by Sir John's extravagant 'improvements' which had 'burthened his estate with about 30,000 pounds'. He was imprisoned for debt in January 1778 and died in November of that year.16Sir John wrote a very lengthy and impassioned letter to the Duke of Queensberry on 17 January 1775 apologising for letting him down but defending his situation and desperately seeking the Duke's support against his detractors. Si John seems to have been acting as a factor on the Estate and allowed arrears of rent to accumulate. He was also accused of obstructing the sale of woods, which he denied as an "injurious scandalous falsehood". Advances to his brother, David, are also mentioned.20Substantial holdings in Cummertrees and some other parts of Dumfriesshire are listed in a directory of Land Ownership circa 1770.14"Biography from James Boswell siteJohn Douglas. (ca. 1708-1778) (aka. 3rd Bart of Kelhead) 3rd Bart of Kelhead. Son of Sir William Douglas (d. 1733), 2nd Bart of Kelhead, and Helen Erskine (d. 1754), a half-sister of Boswell's mother Euphemia. Brother of Charles and William Douglas. Married to Christian Cunningham (1710-1741), daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington. Father of William Douglas and about 7 other children.Life with James Boswell: Boswell visited the family at Kelhead on October 6 and 7, 1762. He wrote of Douglas that by his princely improvements [of the estate] Sir John Douglas has burthened his estate with about ?30,000. [...] a lively man, but hurried away by fanciful project.

John married Christian (of Caprington) Cunningham about 1730. Christian (daughter of Sir William (2nd Bt of Caprington) Cuninghame and Janet (of Prestonfield) Dick) died in Nov 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was dead before his daughter Catherine married (the then) Major William Douglas

William + Mary Or Janet Henderson. Mary was born before 1746; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alexander + Elizabeth Jackson. Elizabeth was born about 1722; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]