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William (of Leith) Douglas

Male 1696 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William (of Leith) Douglas was born on 3 Dec 1696; and died.

    Notes:

    (Research):He is not the only William Doulas, of Leith. Others of the same name were also merchants there/

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Dunlop. Catherine (daughter of James (3rd of Garnkirk) Dunlop and Lilias Campbell) was born in 1695; died about 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Aug 1723; was christened on 4 Aug 1723 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1812.
    2. 3. Sons 2, 3, 4 And 5 Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1724 and 1730; and died.
    3. 4. John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1745; and died.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 2 Aug 1723; was christened on 4 Aug 1723 in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1812.

    Notes:

    of Port Glasgow - this may have something to do with sugar???

    Robert married Mary RileyMaryland, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Eliphas Riley) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Eliphas Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1755; and died.
    2. 6. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Aug 1759; died in 1847.

  2. 3.  Sons 2, 3, 4 And 5 Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born between 1724 and 1730; and died.

  3. 4.  John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1745; and died.

    Notes:

    a merchant in Glasgow
    Partner in J, T & A Douglas of Glasgow

    John married Cecilia Buchanan on 5 Jan 1766 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cecilia (daughter of George Buchanan and Cecilia Forbes) was born in 1740; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. William Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1766; and died.
    2. 8. George Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1768; and died.
    3. 9. John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1768; and died.
    4. 10. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1770; and died.
    5. 11. Cecilia Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Feb 1772; died in 1862.
    6. 12. Lt. General Sir Neil (of Glenfinart) Douglas, K.C.B.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Feb 1774 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 1 Sep 1853 in Brussels.
    7. 13. Thomas Dunlop Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1776; died in 1869.
    8. 14. Archibald Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Oct 1778; and died.
    9. 15. James Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Aug 1779; died in 1852.
    10. 16. Colin Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1784; and died.
    11. 17. Cathren Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jan 1784; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Eliphas Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.William1) was born in 1755; and died.

  2. 6.  Robert Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.William1) was born on 13 Aug 1759; died in 1847.

    Notes:

    of Ardrossan

    Shaw contributes: My Gt. GT GT Grandfather, Robert Douglas of Ardrossan, had a fleet of sailing ships importing tobacco from Virginia and visited West Indies regularly, one of his brothers was resident there and Sir James Douglas, Gov. of Vancouver 1858 ( a cousin ) was born in Demerara British Guiana 5.6.1803 , his mother was a Miss Richie, a Creole lady of Demerara.
    Robt. Douglas of Ardrossan wrote a journal of his sea voyages -and family - which we have reproduced in our book 'A Douglas! A Douglas ! ( by Mary Smith and me, Janet Shaw )

    Robert Douglas of Ardrossan b. 1759, ( who was William of Leith's Grandson,) wrote lengthy journals of his family and his life at sea in the tobacco trade with Virginia USA . He mentions his cousin Cecilia Douglas b.1772 ( wife of Gilbert Douglas of Douglas Park ) when he & his wife were visiting relatives around Glasgow, in 1806 and again in 1813. " We made an excursion to Douglas Park, but had not the pleasure of meeting Mr and Mrs Douglas there from their being then at Harrowgate for the benefit of their health . That estate is situated near Hamilton, about 10 miles from Glasgow and was purchased by Mr. Gilbert Douglas soon after his marriage to my cousin, Miss Cecilia Douglas, then a beautiful young lady about twenty years old. Mr Douglas was much older, whose kind attention to her comforts gained her affections and his generosity towards Cecilia was appreciated. A new house was being built with a large garden and ormental grounds around it." and in 1813, " I was in Glasgow where I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs Gilbert Douglas , whose company I was later deprived of enjoying, owing to a serious accident which happened to her when her carriage was upset going from Glasgow to Douglas Park"

    Robert married Catherine Heard (Hurd) in 179. Catherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jul 1816; died on 23 Nov 1890.

  3. 7.  William Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1766; and died.

    Notes:

    master mariner

    Family/Spouse: Rosina Service. Rosina was born about 1766; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Rosina Elizabeth Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1811; died on 14 Aug 1912; was buried in Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow.

  4. 8.  George Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 8 May 1768; and died.

    George married Elizabeth Graham on 12 Oct 1788 in Scotland, Glasgow. Elizabeth was born on 6 Nov 1770; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 9.  John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 8 May 1768; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Miss Ritchie. Ritchie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Alexander Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1801; and died.
    2. 21. Sir James Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1803; died in 1877.
    3. 22. Cecilia Elizabeth Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1812; and died.

    John married Jessie Hamilton in 1809. Jessie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Jane Hamilton Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 10.  Robert Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 20 Jul 1770; and died.

  7. 11.  Cecilia Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 18 Feb 1772; died in 1862.

    Notes:

    "She was in her day the toast of Glasgow."

    Of the (Buchanan) daughters, Cecilia, her mother's namesake, married John Douglas, son of William Douglas of Leith, and Katherine Dunlop (see "Garnkirk"), and had, with seven sons, one daughter, the late Mrs. Cecilia Douglas of Orbiston. Mrs. Douglas rivalled the vitality of her cousin Mary. She was the longest liver of the subscribers to the Glasgow Tontine, and so came in for that valuable property. It is worth noting that she only won by a neck from another cousin, old Miss Speirs of Elderslie. These two offshoots of the same tough stock had for some time had the race to themselves. Mrs. Douglas died at Orbiston (which see) in 1862, aged ninety-one. One of her brothers was Sir Neil Douglas. The other six were well known West India merchants. Thomas Dunlop Douglas of Dunlop was the last survivor of the family : he died in 1869, aged ninety-four.

    Cecilia married Gilbert Douglas in 1794. Gilbert (son of Robert (of Balconie, Kiltearn) Douglas and Janet Robertson) was born on 28th May 1749; died on 10th March 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 12.  Lt. General Sir Neil (of Glenfinart) Douglas, K.C.B. Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 24 Feb 1774 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 1 Sep 1853 in Brussels.

    Notes:

    Originally manufacturer in Glasgow, and partner of the firm of Douglas & Brown. Entered the army in 1801, and served throughout the war in the Peninsula, and the campaign of 1815, in command
    of the 79th Highlanders. He was severely wounded in the shoulder at Busaco, and in the knee at Quatre Bras.
    Commander of the Forces in Scotland in 1842.
    Son of John Douglas, merchant, Glasgow ; father of Sir John Douglas, G.C.B.,
    see biography in History section

    was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).

    Glenfinart House originally lay within the estate of the Earls Dunsmore. The land passed to the Douglas family, via Archibald John Douglas and Charles Douglas, then, in 1893, to Henry Pig?-Leschallas. Henry's son, Major John Leschallas, lived there with his family until 1926, when they sold the house and moved south, having previously sold off some parts of the estate in 1922. The relationship of Archibald and Charles to Sir Neil has yet to be established.

    (Research):Sir Neil is said to have had a further son, George, who became a gardener. This George married the daughter of Dr David Aird and a free woman of colour in Antigua and was, as a result, disowned by his parents.

    Neil married Barbara Robertson on 26 Aug 1816 in Greenock, Scotland. Barbara (daughter of George Robertson) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Cecilia Neil Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1818; died on 26 Aug 1847.
    2. 25. Susannah Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Dec 1818 in Scotland, Greenock Old Or West; and died.
    3. 26. Barbara Elrington Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1823 in Templeton, Ireland; died in 1904 in Norway.
    4. 27. Mrs Hamilton Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1837 in Paris; and died.
    5. 28. General Sir John (of Glenfinart) Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1843; and died.
    6. 29. Charles Cathcart Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 13.  Thomas Dunlop Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 1 Jan 1776; died in 1869.

    Notes:

    Also shown as Thomas Dunlap

    a well-known citizen of Glasgow, who afterwards bought the estate of Dunlop, and died in 1869 aged 94;


  10. 14.  Archibald Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 10 Oct 1778; and died.

    Family/Spouse: Anna MacNeill. Anna (daughter of Roderick 20th of Barra 40th Chief MacNeil and Jean (of Fassifern) Cameron) was born about 1778; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Maj Gen John Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1810 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 10 May 1871.

  11. 15.  James Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 8 Aug 1779; died in 1852.

    Notes:

    In 1828 in his sister Cecilia's will he was in Demerara; in 1836 and 1840 he was called a 'merchant in Glasgow' in his brother John Douglas's will.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Cecilia Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1816; was christened in West Indies; and died.

  12. 16.  Colin Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1784; and died.

    Notes:

    became a merchant in the West Indies


  13. 17.  Cathren Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 16 Jan 1784; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 18.  Robert Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (6.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.William1) was born on 4 Jul 1816; died on 23 Nov 1890.

    Notes:

    of Kangaroo Point, 'a soap boiler'

    Robert married Sophia Post in 1842. Sophia died on 6 Sep 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Robert Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1842; died in 1930.

  2. 19.  Rosina Elizabeth Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (7.William3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 31 Aug 1811; died on 14 Aug 1912; was buried in Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow.

    Notes:

    They had no children.

    Family/Spouse: Peter Drew. Peter was born about 1809; died on 18 Mar 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 20.  Alexander Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1801; and died.

  4. 21.  Sir James Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1803; died in 1877.

    Notes:

    Governor of British Columbia
    See biography in the History section

    James married Amelia Connolly in 1828. Amelia (daughter of William Connolly and Miyo Nipiy) was born about 1812 in Fort Churchill; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Cecilia Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1834; died about 1865.
    2. 34. Jane Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1839; died in 1909.
    3. 35. Agnes Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1841; died in 1928.
    4. 36. Alice Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1844; died in 1928.
    5. 37. James William Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1851; died in 1883.
    6. 38. Marthe Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1854; died in 1933.

  5. 22.  Cecilia Elizabeth Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born in 1812; and died.

  6. 23.  Jane Hamilton Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (9.John3, 4.John2, 1.William1)

  7. 24.  Cecilia Neil Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born about 1818; died on 26 Aug 1847.

    Notes:

    2nd daughter

    Cecilia married Hon Augustus George Frederick Jocelyn on 19 Feb 1845. Augustus (son of Robert (2nd Earl of Roden) Jocelyn and Juliana Anne Orde) was born in Dec 1811; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Barbara Juliana Augusta Jocelyn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1846; and died.

  8. 25.  Susannah Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 14 Dec 1818 in Scotland, Greenock Old Or West; and died.

  9. 26.  Barbara Elrington Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born about 1823 in Templeton, Ireland; died in 1904 in Norway.

    Notes:

    3rd daughter

    Birth:
    1822 or 1824

    Barbara married James Vaughan (of Inchmartin) Allen on 8 Dec 1847. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Barbara married Neil James Fergusson Blair, J.P. in 1865. Neil (son of Hon Adam Fergusson and Jemima Johnston) was born in 1814; died in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 27.  Mrs Hamilton Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born on 20 Apr 1837 in Paris; and died.

    Notes:

    Her first name is unknown

    Mrs married Thomas Dunlop Findlay on 8 Jul 1855 in Scotland, Edinburgh. Thomas (son of Robert Findlay and Mary Buchanan) was born on 8 Jan 1825 in Scotland, Easterhill, Lanarkshire; died on 30 Apr 1891 in Scotland, Lanarkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Neil Douglas Findlay  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 May 1859 in Scotland, Shettleston, Lanarkshire; died on 9 Sep 1914.

  11. 28.  General Sir John (of Glenfinart) Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born before 1843; and died.

    Notes:

    General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart was Commander of the Forces in Scotland. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the 79th Foot. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.).

    The Clan Cameron website shows him marrying Anne MacNeil, bc1793, daughter of Roderick MacNeil, of Barra, possibly as her 2nd husband, having also married John Livingston Campbell, bc. 15 Jun 1782, Westminster

    had another son, Charles but I have a letter saying that he also had a son Neil.

    John married Elizabeth Cathcart on 1 Jun 1843. Elizabeth (daughter of General Sir Charles Murray (2nd Earl Cathcart) Cathcart, K.C.B. and Henrietta Mather) was born before 1843; died on 27 Feb 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Neil Douglas Cecil Frederick Douglas Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1844; and died.
    2. 42. Charles John Cathcart Douglas, D.L.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1864; died in 1926.

  12. 29.  Charles Cathcart Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 4.John2, 1.William1)

  13. 30.  Maj Gen John Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (14.Archibald3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born about 1810 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 10 May 1871.

    Notes:

    dsp
    The scene was set for one of the most glorious, if not senseless engagements in British military history. Cardigan turned away and (supposedly) muttered 'Here goes the last of the Brudenells.' As the divisional commander left, he ordered the 11th Hussars (Lt Col John Douglas) to move out of the first line with the 13th Light Dragoons (Captain John Oldham) and 17th Lancers (Captain William Morris), to a position behind the 17th Lancers, becoming the second line. What was now the third line had the 8th Hussars (Lt Col Frederick Shewell) and 4th Light Dragoons (Lt Col Lord George Paget) in it. Each regiment would be in extended line, two deep. He also gave Cardigan a final warning: 'Advance very steadily and quietly'. The guns were 1? miles away and horses and riders should not arrive too tired after a prolonged gallop.

    John Douglas (1811-1871), an Army officer who was present at the Charge of the Light Brigade, left ?102,873 on his death in 1871.

    John married Rosa Maria Paget on 10 Mar 1842 in St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England. Rosa (daughter of Hon. Sir Arthur Paget, G.C.B and Augusta Jane (Lady Boringdon) Fane) was born on 1 Jan 1825; died in Mar 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 31.  Cecilia Douglas Descendancy chart to this point (15.James3, 4.John2, 1.William1) was born about 1816; was christened in West Indies; and died.

    Notes:

    Natural daughter, possibly born in West Indies.
    Her mother was apparently dead by 1851.

    Cecilia Douglas, born in the West Indies, age 35, fundholder, was living with a family in Millport, Cumbrae, in 1851; in 1861 she was head of the household (with 8 rooms) on Shore Street, Port Glasgow, age 45, born in the West Indies, annuitant, with a female servant; in 1871 she was living in her own household of 6 rooms with a female servant at 43 Carnarvon Street, Glasgow. She may be the Cecilia Douglas, age 25, of independent means, born Scotland [sic], living at a boarding house in King Street, Port Glasgow, in 1841, although in this record there are three Scottish-born Douglas children Catherine (age 11), Colin (age 10) and Sholto (age 9) in the same household. There is no record of her death in Scotland.




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