Matthew (7th Laird of Mains) Douglas

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• Name	Matthew (7th Laird of Mains) Douglas
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I5784	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir Alexander (6th Laird of Mains) Douglas,   d. Abt 1549, Scotland
  Mother	Lady Margaret (of Lennox) Stewart,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Buchanan,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Malcolm (8th Laird of Mains) Douglas,   b. 1548, Scotland ,   d. 9 Feb 1584, Lanarkshire , Scotland  (Age 36 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F2080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mathew Douglas, the fifth laird of Mains, succeeded in 1549. He assisted Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill in his daring and successful enterprise against Dumbarton Castle in 1571. An Act of Parliament was passed the same year "anent article proponit be Johnne Cuningham of Druquhassel, Matho Dowglas of Manys, Captain Thomas Crawford of Jordanhill, and others takeris of the Castell of Dúbartane," whereby they were discharged of liabilities thereby incurred.