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Lady Florence Caroline Dixie (24 May 1855 ? 7 November 1905) was a British traveller, war correspondent, writer and feminist.

Dixie was a sister of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, who gave his name to the rules of boxing and who brought down Oscar Wilde.

Lady Florence Dixie (and twin sister of Lord James), created a sensation in April 1883 when she claimed she had been kidnapped by Irish agitators - see under the Dixie baronetcy for further details.

Florence married Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill (11th Baronet) Dixie on 3 Apr 1875. Alexander (son of Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill (10th Baronet) Dixie) was born in 1851; died in 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir George Douglas (12th Baronet) Dixie was born on 18 Jan 1876; died on 25 Dec 1948.
2. Albert Edward Wolstan Dixie was born on 26 Sep 1878; died in 1940.

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The Marquis died when he shot himself (whether accidentally or not
is uncertain) with his own gun while out hunting rabbits.

Archibald married Caroline Clayton on 28 May 1840 in Gretna Hall, Scotland. Caroline (daughter of General Sir William Robert (5th Baronet) Clayton and Alicia Hugh Massy O?Donel) was born on 14 Jul 1821; died on 14 Feb 1904 in Glen Stuart, Annan; was buried on 18 Feb 1904 in Kinmount, Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Douglas on 16 Jul 1817. Sarah (daughter of Major James Sholto Douglas and Sarah Dawes) was born in 1794; died on 13 Nov 1864 in 1 Lownes Street, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died aged 70

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Married:
On the 16th instant, at Funtington Church, by the Rev. William WALKER, M. A., John DOUGLAS, Esq. of Lockerbie, second son of the late Sir William DOUGLAS, of Kilhead, Bart., to Sarah, youngest daughter of James Shotte DOUGLAS, Esq. Densworth, Sussex.

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An English Army officer and politician

He had 2 sons and 2 daughters, including Caroline Douglas who became Marchioness of Queensberry. His sons both predeceased him and he was therefore succeeded in the baronetcy and settled estates by his grandson William Robert Clayton (1842? 1914).

William married Alicia Hugh Massy O?Donel in May 1817. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The daughter and heiress of Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh O'Donel, MP of Tralee, co. Kerry

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Married:
The marriage ended in an acrimonious divorce in 1832.

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Educated Glasgow University 1745-47; succeeded uncle Charles Douglas in Breconwhat Estate, Dumfries 13 Dec. 1770; and fa. 13 Nov 1778. Lt. Scots Brigade in Holland 1747-58; cornet a Drag. 1759-64.
When there was no money left for William and his brothers' education, the family tutor, James Hogg, took his four pupils to Glasgow, supported them out of his own 'little patrimony' and sent the two eldest to university. This he continued when their father was in the Tower of London.
In June 1747, William obtained a commission in the regiment raised by Lord Drumlanrig and then, afterwards, served in the Scots Brigade; in about 1758, he received a commission in the 2nd Dragoons. At the end of the war, William apparently retired from the army and became a member of the Duke of Queensberry's household.He went into Parliament in 1768. The Duke of Queensberry who died shortly before William's father, had long treated William as his eventual heir to the Marquessate of Queensberry, failing male issue by his immediate successor, Lord March.
Sir William's uncle, Sir Alexander Dick, recorded in his Memoranda:'The Duke, shortly before his death, having a warm attachment to my nephew, Sir William, whom he sincerely loved from his proper behaviour to him while in Parliament, and considering that he had (children).... to provide for, he left him 16,000 pounds in money on their behalf....On the worthy Dukes's death...this new unkindly and ungenerous Duke refused to pay the money...My nephew seeks my approbation for suing the Duke in the court of session.'At the general election of 1780, the Duke refused to return him to Parliament. William's action before the court of session for 20,000 pounds (16,000 pounds plus interest) was successful; on 30 April, 1783, Queensberry's appeal was dismissed by the Lords. Sir William was so overjoyed by the news that he had an apoplectic fit while playing with his children, and died on 16 May 1783. (Original sources quoted in the House of Commons biographical entry: Memoranda by Sir. Alex Dick, Curiosities of a Scots Charter Chest ed. Forbes 223; Alex Carlyle. Autobiog; Sir Alex Dick's Memoranda, Scots Mag. 1747 p. 351; Scots Brigade in Holland (Sc. Hist. Soc.) ii 390-391-412,414;Jas. Charles Sholto Douglas to R. M. Keith 7 Dec. 1775. Add.35509 f. 274. Curiosities 270.)" Article from James Boswell site Biography William Douglas. (Ca. 1730-1784) (aka. 4th Bart of Kelhead) 4th Bart of Kelhead. Son of Sir John Douglas, 3rd of Kelhead (and son of Boswell's mother's half-sister Helen Erskine) and Christian Cunninghame (1710-1741). Married Grace Johnstone (d. 1836) in 1772. A Captain in 1762. His sons Charles and John later became 6th and 7th Marquesses of Queensberry, respectively.
He was also a sometime Member of Parliament.Life with James Boswell: Boswell possibly was in William Douglas' company on October 6, 1762, when he visited Douglas' family at Kelhead. Boswell mentions a Mr. Douglas, son to Sir John, an officer in the Greys, an amiable young fellow whom I hope to see in the circumstances which he deserves. However, Sir John did have two other surviving sons, at least one of whom was in the army. Also, I rather doubt if Boswell would refer to a 32 year old as a young fellow.JB also dined with Douglas and Captain Maxwell on 20/12-62.

William married Grace (of Lockerbie) Johnston on 21 May 1772 in Midlothian, Scotland. Grace (daughter of William (of Lockerbie) Johnston and Mary Or Janet Henderson, daughter of William (of Lockerbie) Johnston) was born about 1746; was christened on 1 Dec 1746 in Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; died on 25 Mar 1826 in Glen Stuart, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Entry in IGI for Grissel Johnstone is the only likely one for a Grace Johnstone born to William Johnstone in the right period. No mother is given. Christening date is given as 1 December 1746. This has been verified by Imchad Research. Baptismal entry in OPR states ''Dec. 1st (1746) William Johnstone, Younger of Lockerbie, had a child born and baptised by the name of Grissel'.'Grissel' was almost always changed to 'Grace' by the late 1700s.29However, according to her death notice (30 March 1836), Grace was born circa 1843. She must have been christened at the age of three. 'Deaths: On Friday, the 25 inst., at Glen Stuart, Lady Douglas Johnstone (sic) of Lockerby, relict of the late Sir William Douglas of Kinmount, Bart., in her 93rd year'28 See Internet site for 'Lockerbie Manor' now a hotel said to have been the home of 'Dame Grace Douglas' and her husband, Sir William, but it was built in the early 1800's after he died.See also the Post Office Annual Directory for entries in 1827, 1828 and 1829 for Lady Grace Douglas, Heriot Row, No. 24, Edinburgh; also in Pigot's Directory for 1825-26. This may or may not be the same Lady Grace.30Lockerbie 'derives both its origins and its name from an ancient castle situated on a hill between two lakes, and which was the baronial residence of the family of Johnstone of Lochwood, ancestors of the present Marquess of Queensberry. The small hamlet that arose round the castle gradually increased under the liberal patronage of its proprietors, who granted lands for buildings upon long and favourable leases........Fairs for lambs and wool, which are largely resorted to by persons from many miles' distance are held at Lammas and Michaelmas............and so much has the business of late years increased, that the whole of that hill, the superiority of which was purchased from the corporation of Glasgow by Lady Douglas, of Lockerbie House, is now appropriated for that purpose.'31Notice in the Dumfries Weekly Journal of 10 August, 1802 says 'Lady Douglas of Kellhead intends to preserve the GAME on her estate of Lockerbie and all persons who shall shoot or hunt thereon without her written authority, shall be prosecuted in terms of the laws of the country.'32Grace was served heir to her father on 22 May 1783-recorded on 19 June 1783 (monthly no. 6. Referred to as Douglas-Grace, Dame (or Johnston).33Ian McClumpha of Imchad research found a book by Thomas Henderson entitled Lockerbie: A Narrative of Village Life in Days Gone By' published in 1937. It is dedicated 'To the memory of the family of Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie. Who, during successive generations, by their generosity and care for the welfare of others, did so much to alleviate the circumstances and brighten the lives of many who dwelt upon thier estates'. The book is 242 pages long and is a series of recollections of an old resident, brought out by the author, a Lockerbie solicitor. Grace and her sister, Susan, are both mentioned.

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Consul General at Tangier

Owner of The Grange in Hanover, Jamaica

The will of James Sholto Douglas formerly of Tangiers and consul-general of Morocco but late of the City of Bath was proved 08/02/1830. In the brief will he left his holding of consolidated annuities in trust for his two daughters Basilia Mary and Anne Elizabeth for their lives, then to his sons Sir James Dawes Douglas and Sholto Douglas. He made no mention of property in Jamaica or of a residuary legatee; it appears that he had made an earlier settlement in 1826 and 1827, to which General Sir James Duff and Edward Bullock Douglas were trustees.

James married Sarah Dawes on 13 Mar 1784. Sarah (daughter of James (of Rock Spring) Dawes, (1)) was born before 1784; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He held the office of Sheriff of Buckinghamshire from January 1810 to February 1810 and between 1814 and 1815.

William married Mary East in 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]