Robert (Viscount Belhaven) (of Spot) Douglas

Abt 1573 - 1639  (66 years)

• Name	Robert (Viscount Belhaven) (of Spot) Douglas
  Birth	Abt 1573
  Gender	Male
  Death	14th January 1639
  Burial	Holyrood House Chapel, Edinburgh, Scotland
  Person ID	I5527	First tree
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Malcolm (8th Laird of Mains) Douglas,   b. 1548, Scotland d. 9 Feb 1584, Lanarkshire , Scotland (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Janet Cunningham,   b. Bef 1562   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1562
  Family ID	F63673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Whalley   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John Douglas,   b. 1612   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lady Susanna Douglas,   b. Abt 1617, London, England d. Abt 1692, London, England (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F62750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Nicolas Moray   d. Nov 1612
  Marriage	May 1611
  Family ID	F62751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2017

  
  

• Notes

  See Sir Robert of Spott Early in life he was Page of Honour to Henry, Prince of Wales, upon whose death he was appointed one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King James VI., and continued in the same office to King Charles I. He was afterwards Master of the Household and a member of the Privy Council, and in 1633 he was by patent created Viscount Belhaven, in the Peerage of Scotland. He died without issue, 14th January 1639, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He was buried in the chapel of Holyrood House, where his monument is still to be seen, and upon which was carved an epitaph giving an account of his "remarkable actions." It is also it is said that he died childless, and the viscountcy became extinct. Elsewhere I note: Children of Sir Robert and Susanna: John Douglas of Blythswood, arr Maryland 1655 (b c1636, d 1678, to America in 1654, Colonel) m. (17.08.1663) Sarah Bonner (Mrs. Bowles) had issueSusannah Douglas (b 07.02.1647) m. (1672) _ Johnston of Hilton and Huttonother issue - Alexander, Robert, James, Elizabeth, Charles (b c22.02.1661 Sir Archibald and Sir Robert Douglas, sons to his eldest brother, were nominated his heirs