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The Douglas of Morton pedigree is very difficult to understand for
several reasons. First, the Lordship of Morton was renounced by Sir
William Douglas of Whittinghame and Morton in favour of James, first
Earl of Morton, in 1474 (Registrum Honoris de Morton); second, there was
a family of Douglas, of Morton or Gogars, in Midlothian; third, there
was a family of Morton in Dumfriesshire, and this last family is
supposed to be a branch of Douglas of Whittinghame, and the Arms granted
to this family at various times imply a connection with this house.
Thus, this family is not the same Douglas family as the Earls of Morton.
James Douglas, second son of Sir William Douglas, of Whittinghame,
himself the son of the 1st Lord Dalkeith, was possibly the first of the
family,
but it may have been his brother George. The next apparently was :—
Patrick Douglas in Morton, mentioned in Buccleuch charters 18th
September 1559 and 11th March 1574.
He had two sons : —
(a) James
(b) Triamor or Triamouth Douglas, mentioned in the above charter of
1559.
However, Patrick Douglas, Baillie of Morton (in Dumfresshire, is also
said to be the
natural son (Letters of Legitimation 16 Aug 1546, and his
family heirs of entail to Barony of Drumlanrig 11 March, 1574) of Sir
James Douglas, Laird of Drumlanrig.
The descendants of this branch include the Douglases of
Salwarpe and of
Fingland.
See also:
• Morton Castle
• Family tree
(reconstruction)
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