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JAMES DOUGLAS, 2ND MARQUESS OF DOUGLAS (1646—1700), succeeded his
grandfather in 1660.
His eldest son, John, by courtesy earl of Angus, raised a
regiment of 1200 men, first known as the Angus regiment, later as the
Cameronians (26th Foot). He was killed at its head at Steinkirk in 1692.
The
younger son, ARCHIBALD, 3RD MARQUESS (1694—1761), was created duke of Douglas
in 1703, but the dukedom became extinct on his death, without heirs, in 1761. He
was a consistent supporter of the Hanoverian cause, and fought at
Sheriffmuir.
The heir-presumptive to the Douglas estates was his sister,
Lady Jane Douglas (1698—1753), who in 1746 secretly married Colonel, afterwards Sir, John Steuart of Grandtully, by whom she had twin sons, born in Paris in 1748.
These children were alleged to be spurious, and when Lady
Jane and the younger of the two boys died in 1753, the duke refused to
acknowledge the survivor as his nephew; but in 1760 he was induced, under the
influence of his wife, to revoke a will devising the estates to the Hamiltons
in. favour of Lady Jane’s son, Archibald James Edward Steuart (1748—182 7),
1st baron Douglas of Douglas (cr. 1790) in the British peerage. The inheritance
of the estates was disputed by the Hamiltons, representing the male line, but
the House of Lords decided in favour of Douglas in 1769. Three of his sons
succeeded Archibald Douglas as Baron Douglas, but as they left no male issue the
title passed to the earls of Home, Cospatrick Alexander, 11th earl of Home,
having married a granddaughter of Archibald, 1st Baron Douglas. Their
descendants, the earls of Home, represent the main line of Douglas on the female
side.
Transferred to the British service in 1669 and eventually known as the
Royal Scots regiment.
Source: http://21.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DO/DOUGLAS_SIR_CHARLES.htm
- Birth: 1646
- Death: 25 FEB 1698/99
Father: Archibald (Earl Angus)
Douglas
Mother: Anne Stuart b: 1614
Marriage 1 Barbara Erskine b: 1650, dau of 9th Lord Erskine
Children
James
(Earl of Angus) Douglas b: 1671
Marriage 2 Mary Kerr b: 1673, dau of 1st Marquess of Lothian
Children
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James
Douglas, Killed 3 AUG 1692 at Sterinkirk
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William
(Earl of Angus) Douglas b: 15 OCT 1693
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Archibald (1st Duke of Douglas)
Douglas b: 1694
Jane (of Douglas) Douglas b: 17 MAR
1697/98
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