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Brigadier General Sir William Douglas of Kirkness

 

 

 

 

William Douglas, bc1690, was the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Kirkness and Jean, daighter of the 3rd Lord Balfour.

 

On 11 June 1737, contrary to the wishes of her relatives, Anne, third daughter of Charles (Howard), third Earl of Carlisle was married , secondly, at St. George's, Hanover Square, to Colonel (afterwards Brigadier-General) William Douglas, a descendant of the family of Douglas of Kirkness, cadets of the Earls of Morton.

Ann had been married previously to Rich, fifth Viscount Irvine, who had died in 1721. She was appointed in 1736 a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales (mother of George in.), and for the rest of her life was a prominent figure at Court. She was authoress of several poems, and is noticed in Duncombe's Feminead.

He died in his 57th year, while in command of the British forces in South Beveland (Holland) in 1747, and was buried in the chapel at Kew. She died 2 December 1764, and by her will, dated 1 December 1762, with eleven codicils, proved 19 December 1764, she desired to be buried near her second husband at Kew.

On his death, his sister Isabel was retoured heir to him.

 

 

 

 

 

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