George Sholto (17th Earl of Morton) Douglas^[1]

1789 - 1858  (68 years)

• Name	George Sholto (17th Earl of Morton) Douglas
  Birth	23 Dec 1789
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Mar 1858
  	Alloa Advertiser - Saturday 03 April 1858, p 4: Death of the Earl of Morton — The Earl of Morton died on Wednesday the family residence in Brook Street, London. The deceased, George Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton, Lord Dalkeith and Aberdour in the peerage of Scotland, of which peerage was representative Parliament, was eldest son of the Hon. John Douglas, by Lady Frances Lascelles, eldest daughter of Edward, first Earl of Harewood. He was born in 1789, and married, in 1817, the eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Sir George Rose, G.C.H., and sister of the gallant officer now serving with the Bombay army in India. On the death of his grandfather, the fourteenth Earl, in 1827, the late Peer succeeded to the family honours.
  Burial	Dalmahoy, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I120864	First tree
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Hon John Douglas,   b. 1 Jul 1756   d. 1 May 1818 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Lady Frances (of Harewood) Lascelles,   b. 11 Jun 1762, North Allerton, Yorkshire, England d. 31 Mar 1817 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1784	North Allerton, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F11059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Theodora Rose,   b. 31 Aug 1798   d. 12 Jul 1879 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1817
  Children	1. Harriet Bridget Emily Douglas   d. 25 Mar 1832   2. Agnes Charlotte Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sholto John (18th Earl of Morton) Douglas,   b. 13 Apr 1818   d. 24 Dec 1884 (Age 66 years)   4. Frances Harriet Douglas,   b. 29 Sep 1819   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Admiral Hon. George Henry Douglas,   b. 5 Oct 1821, Berlin, Germany d. 1905 (Age 83 years)   6. Rev. Henry Douglas,   b. 12 Dec 1822   d. 4 Oct 1907 (Age 84 years)   7. Lady Ellen Susan Anne Douglas,   b. 25 Sep 1824   d. 22 Jan 1914 (Age 89 years)   8. Hon Edward William Douglas, JP, DL,   b. 19 Oct 1825   d. 7 May 1918 (Age 92 years)   9. Rt Rev Hon Arthur Gascoigne Douglas, DD,   b. 5 Jan 1827   d. 19 Jul 1905 (Age 78 years)   10. Gertrude Jane Douglas,   b. Bef 1860   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Alice Louisa Douglas,   b. Bef 1862   d. 2 Mar 1913 (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F11062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  known as George Douglas until 1827, was a Scottish Tory politician.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2822] Hamish Maclaren.