Gazetteer

Blythswood House

The Campbells of Blythswood, who were also Douglases of Mains, owned this mansion house

Camp Morton

Camp Morton, a coal mine in Spitxbergen, was named after the Earl of Morton, who was one of the owners.

Caerlaverock Castle

This was not a Douglas property, but features in Douglas history.

Castle Mains

The Earl of Home's residence, near Douglas Castle.

Cavers House

Now a ruin, the house was on the site of a 14thC castle built by Sir Archibald Douglas, son of the Earl of Douglas

Dalkeith Castle

Dalkeith Castle, or Palace, in Midlothian, Scotland, is the former seat of the Duke of Buccleuch. The present house was built in 1702 on the site of an earlier castle.

Douglas Castle

Also known as Castle Dangerous; several castle have been built on this site, the most recent being demolished in 1938.

Gelston Castle

Built in red sandstone c.1805 for Sir William Douglas (1745-1809), founder of Castle Douglas.

Grace Hall

The seat of Thomas Douglass, Esq., 'a very fine modern edifice', in Co Armargh, Ireland.

Grangemuir House

Located just north of Pittenweem in Fife, Grangemuir House came into Douglas ownership through marriage in 1824, but is now in ruins.

Hawthornden Castle

A property of the Abernethy family, it passed to the Douglases in the 14th century. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 15th century.

Hermiston, or Herdmanston, passed to the Sinclair family in the 12th or 13th century.

Hermitage Castle

Held by William de Douglas, Knight of Liddesdale, who also held Roxburgh & Lochmaben Castles, and, in 1332, was Warden of the Marches.

Jedburgh Abbey

Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, has many Douglas graves

Lennoxlove House

Purchased by the 14th Duke in 1946, it is he seat of the Dukes of Hamilton and is home to one of Scotland's most important collections of portraits.

Lochleven Castle

This Douglas castle, on an island, was where Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner - bb the Douglases!

Morton Castle

In the mid 15thC these lands in Dumfreisshire were given by James II of Scotland to James Douglas of Dalkeith, later Earl of Morton.

Spynie Palace

In 1207-8, Bishop Brice Douglas chose the church at Spynie as his cathedral. Alexander Douglas was bishop here in the 16th Century.