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Douglas of Torthorwald
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Sir John Carlyle of Torthorwald, the first Lord Carlyle, was active
in repelling the invasion of the banished Douglases in 1455, when
James earl of Douglas, at the head of a considerable force, entered
Scotland by the west marches, and being met in Annandale by the earl
of Angus, the lord Carlisle of Torthorwald, Sir Adam Johnstone of
Johnstone, and other barons, at the head of their vassals, sustained
a total defeat; Archibald, earl of Moray, one of his brothers, was
killed, and Hugh earl of Ormond, another of them, was taken prisoner
by Lord Carlyle and the laird of Johnstone, for which service King
James the Second granted to them the forty pound land of Pettinain
in Lanarkshire. He sat as Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald in the
parliament of November and December 1475. He was subsequently sent
on an embassy to France, and in recompense for the great expense
attending it, he had several grants from the crown in 1477. Among
others he received a charter of the lands of Drumcoll, forfeited by
Alexander Boyd. On the accession of James the Fourth these lands
were claimed by the king, as pertaining to him and his eldest son,
and his successors, by letters of annexation made of Drumcoll,
perpetually to remain with the kings and princes of Scotland, their
sons, previous to the grant of the same to Lord Carlyle, and on 19th
January 1488-9 the lords auditors decreed that the said lands of
Drumcoll were the king’s property. His lordship died before 22d
December, 1509. He was twice married. By his first wife, Janet, he
had two sons, John and Robert, and a daughter, married to Simon
Carruthers of Monswald. His second wife, Margaret Douglas, widow of
Sir Edward Maxwell of Monreith, had also two sons to him, namely,
John and George. John, master of Carlyle, the eldest son, died
before his father, leaving a son, William, second Lord Carlyle, who
was one of the three persons invested with the honour of knighthood,
29th January 1487-8, when Alexander, second son of King James the
Third, was created duke of Ross. By Janet Maxwell, his wife,
daughter of Robert Lord Maxwell, he had two sons, James, third lord,
and Michael, fourth lord Carlyle. The latter signed the bond of
association for the support of the authority of King James the Sixth
in 1567, and was the only peer signing it who could not write his
name. He was obliged, in consequence, to have recourse to the
assistance of a notary. Soon after, however, he joined Queen Mary’s
party, and entered into the association on her behalf, at Hamilton,
8th May 1568. He had three sons, namely, William, master of Carlyle;
Michael; and Peter. His eldest son died in 1572, in the lifetime of
his father, leaving an only child, Elizabeth Carlyle, who married
Sir James Douglas of Parkhead, slain by Captain James Stewart, on
the High Street of Edinburgh, 31st July, 1608. On the death of his
eldest son, Lord Carlyle granted a charter of alienation of the
barony of Carlyle, &c., in favour of Michael, his second son, dated
at Torthorwald, 14th March, 1573, to which Adam Carlyle of Bridekirk,
Alexander Carlyle his son, John Carlyle of Brakenquhat, and Peter
Carlyle, the third son of his lordship, were witnesses. Of the
family of Bridekirk, here mentioned, the late Dr. Alexander Carlyle
of Inveresk, a notice of whom follows, was the male representative.
The above settlement of the estate was set aside, after a long
litigation at a ruinous expense, and the barony of Carlyle was, on
the death of the fourth lord in 1580, found to belong to his
grand-daughter, Elizabeth, already mentioned, who thus succeeded to
the peerage, in her own right. A charter was granted to George
Douglas, second legitimate son of George Douglas of Parkhead, of the
barony of Carlyle, &c., in the counties of Dumfries and Lanark,
dated on the last day of February, 1594. It is supposed that he had
acquired that estate from his brother Sir James, who, as above
stated, married the heiress of the title and estates, and had three
sons, Sir James, Archibald, and John, the two latter of whom died
without issue. George Douglas, natural son of Sir George Douglas of Pittendreich, married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir James Douglas of Parkhead, with whom he had two sons:
1. Sir James Douglas of Torthorwald, his son and heir, and Sir James was succeeded by his son, Sir James, who by marrying Elizabeth , grandchild and heiress of Michael, Lord Carlyle, was in her right Lady Carlyle of Torthorwald. Their son, James Douglas, Lord Carlyle, married Elizabeth (some say Grizel) Gordon, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar, but having no issue, he surrendered his honours to William, 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1638, who had acquired his estate; and thereby the title became extinct. Note: Some say James was the second son of his father by his second wife, Anne Saltonstall, and that it was William, son of his first marriage, who sold the estate, and then died abroad. Or:
James Douglas, 6th Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald, the son of Sir James
Douglas of Parkhead and Elizabeth Carlyle, Lady Carlyle of
Torthorwald, married, firstly, Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Sir
John Gordon of Lochinvar and Elizabeth Maxwell, before 27 December
1604. In 1596 Sir James Douglas of Parkhead killed James Stewart, Earl of Arran. He was styled as Lord Torthorwald in 1605/6.
Births recorded in Torthorwald:
1764 Oct 7th John, son to Joseph Douglas, Collin
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