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1744, Chaplain to 3rd foot Guards, present at the battle of Fontenoy
1762, Canon of Windsor
1787, Bishop of Carlisle
1788, Dean of Windsor
1791. Bishop of Salisbury

Chancellor of the Order of the Garter,

The Rev. Dr. Carlyle, of Inveresk, in his entertaining autobiography refers to his acquaintance with Bishop Douglas,whom he speaks of as " one of the most able and learned men on that Bench," and also mentions his sister, Mrs. Anderson, who, at the time he refers to (about 1758) "kept the British Coffee House,(run by the Bishop's father) and was like her brother a person of superior character.'"

John married Dorothy Pershouse on 1 Sep 1752. Dorothy (daughter of William Pershouse) died in Dec 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Rooke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rev William Douglas was born on 25 Dec 1768; died in 1819.
2. Elizabeth Douglas

Notes:

Formerly a merchant in Pittenween, he was Waggon-Master-General (for Britsh Forces in Germany) at the time of his death. he was also master of the British Coffee House, Cockspur St, London

Archibald + Isabell Melvill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mr. Archibald Douglass, minister of Salton, and grandfather of the Bishop of Salisbury, was the third son of Mr. James Douglass, of Inchmarlo, and Isobell Ramsay.

Archibald married Janet Carmichael on 27 Jul 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Melvill, of Carsendor, was representative of the Burgh of Cupar, in the Scottish Parliament, at the time of the Revolution.

Notes:

Mr. James Douglass," as he is always designated, acquired the lands of Inchmarlo in the parish of Banchory, in 1650, with his patrimony. He founded the Inchmarlo branch of the family.

James married Isabel Ramsay in 1642 in Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland. Isabel (daughter of David (of Balmain) Ramsay) was born in 1597 in Balmain, Perthshire, Scotland; died in 1660 in Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mr. William Carmichael, the great grandfather of Dr. John Douglas, who became Bishop of Salisbury, was born in 1640, and licensed in 1659. Before being settled in a parochial charge he was schoolmaster of Colinton, as Scott mentions in " Fasti Eccl. Scott." He was first settled as minister at Wamphray? from which he was translated, in 1665, to Athelstaneford, and in 1689, to Mackerston. He resigned his charge in consequence of age and infirmity on 6th Sept., 1715, and died in the year 1718. His daughter, Janet, was Bishop Douglas's grandmother.