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Head of School at Harrow, aged 16
Cornet 4th Regiment of Dragoons (for 4 or 5 years)
Rector of Salwarpe and Hamton Lovett
EDUCATION: Harrow; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University; Bachelor of Laws, 1794.
MILITARY: Cornet, 4th Dragoon Guards, 1782.
CHURCH: Holy Orders taken.
CHURCH: Rector of Salwarpe.
CHURCH: Rector of Hampton Lovett, Worcester, 1794.
OFFICE: [J.P.] Justice of the Peace for Worcester.

PROBATE: Letters of Administration granted at Worcester, 1807.

Robert married Frances Jeffreys on 15 Dec 1787 in Minchin Hampton, Gloucestershire. Frances (daughter of Henry Vaughan Jeffreys and Anne Lowe) was born on 10 Nov 1758; was christened in St. Nicholas', Worcester, Worcestershire, England; died on 24 Dec 1796; was buried on 26 Dec 1796 in St. Michael's, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
MARRIAGE: Settlements> Dated 11 Dec 1787.

1. Frances Anne Douglas was born on 1 Aug 1789 in Wick, Worcestershire; died on 10 Sep 1882; was buried on 14 Sep 1882 in Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England.
2. Helen Margaret Douglas was born on 19 Nov 1791 in Knightwick, Worcestershire, England; was christened in Knightwick, Worcestershire, England; died on 9 Mar 1830 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Holywell, Bedfordshire, England.
3. The Revd. Preb. Canon Henry Douglas was born on 17 Apr 1793 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England; was christened on 30 May 1793 in Whitborne, Herefordshire, England; died on 15 Jul 1859 in The College, Durham, England; was buried on 20 Jul 1859 in Durham Cathedral Graveyard.
4. Robert Archibald Douglas-Gresley, DL was born on 24 Oct 1794; was christened in 1794 in Whitbourne; died on 13 Jan 1885 in High Park, Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England; was buried on 19 Jan 1885 in Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England.
5. Mary Douglas was born on 19 Nov 1796; was christened in Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England; died on 17 Jun 1849 in Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England; was buried in Morden, Surrey, England.

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of White Hall, Witham, Essex White Hill is now the public library
and of Kirkton

ADC to King George !!
MP for Dumfries
Had 3 horses shot from under him, and an eyebrow shot away, at the Battle of Dettingham, 26 Jun 1743
In Sir Robert Rich's Dragoons when a Colonel
MILITARY: Lieutenant-General; Aide de Camp to King George II.
OFFICE: [M.P.] Member of Parliament for Dumfries.

Archibald married Elizabeth Burchard in 1761. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Burchard) was born in of, Witham, Essex, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Suitor of Annie Laurie and possibly writer of the song 'Annie Laurie'

...Annie Laurie was indeed real, and the poem in its original form was written by her soldier suitor, Captain William Douglas. His home was at Fingland only 12 miles from Annie's Maxwelton, but they appear to have had their first meeting at an Edinburgh ball. They fell in love, but there were complications. Annie's father, who had been knighted by James VII two years after she was born, was a strong Royalist and a vigorous persecutor of Jacobites and Covenanters--not surprising since he was a cousin of the notorious butcher of Covenanters, Grierson of Lag. Indeed, it was in recognition of his anti-Jacobite and anti-Covenanter activities that he received his knighthood.

Captain Douglas, on the other hand, was pledged to the Stuart cause, a Jacobite to the backbone, so that Sir Robert's attitude towards him as a son-in-law was less than enthusiastic. In any case, Douglas was something of a rough diamond, an expert swordsman with a fiery temper that landed him in a succession of duels. Legend has it that on one occasion he was literally crossing swords with Sir Robert when Annie came on the scene and put an end to it. Another opponent, wounded and disarmed by Douglas, later declared that he was defeated less by Douglas's skill than by his "fierce and squintin eyen".

Despite Sir Robert's disapproval, Annie and her lover continued to meet secretly in the seclusion of Maxwelton Braes until news came that a Stuart invasion was about to be launched. Captain Douglas had to leave at once for Edinburgh, but before he spurred away he penned his poetic tribute to his loved one, making up in passionate enthusiasm whatever may have been lacking in elegance and literary merit. Here is how he described the, apparently, shapely Annie:

She's backit like a Peacock,
She's breastit like a swan,
She's jimp about the middle,
Her waist ye weill may span,
Her waist ye weill may span,
And she has a rollin' eye,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'll lay down my head and die.

Like his grandfather, James of Morton, he was a Commissioner of Supply in Dumfries, in 1693

Birth:
Date of birth also given as 1674

William married Elizabeth (Betty) Clerk in 1706 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt Alexander (of Glendorth (Glendoik)) Clerk) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Reputed to be a runaway marriage

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RESIDENCE: Of Witham.

(Research):or Burcard, of Witham

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Fingland, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire
He was the last Douglas to dwell in Morton Castle
Chamberlain to his cousin (3rd, once removed), 1st Duke of Queensberry

Died:
reported to have died in 1717/18 in Sanquhar Castle

Archibald married Marion (of Auchtyfardel) Kennedy in May 1670 in Castle Morton. Marion (daughter of William (of Auchtyfardel) Kennedy) was born about 1649 in Of Auchtyfardle, , Lanark, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Glendorth, also known as Glendoik or Glendorth, Co Lanark