Maj Gen Sir William (6th of Kirkness) Douglas

Abt 1690 - 1747  (57 years)

• Name	William (6th of Kirkness) Douglas
  Prefix	Maj Gen Sir
  Birth	Abt 1690
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Aug 1747	South Beveland, Holland
  	Brigadier-General Douglas died in Brabant on 5 August 1747, falling a victim to the unhealthiness of the climate. The two locations would not seem to be the same!
  Burial	25 Jan 1748	Kew, England
  Person ID	I15459	First tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert (5th of Kirkness) Douglas,   b. Bef 1684   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jean Balfour,   b. Abt 1670   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1684
  Family ID	F15217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Family ID	F27534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He died in his 57th year while in command of the British forces in South Beveland, Holland, in 1747, and was buried in the chapel at Kew On the north wall of the church (Kew Chapel), are the monuments of Brigadier William Douglas, who died in 1747, in South Beveland (in Holland) Brigadier-General Douglas died at Brabant on 5th August 1747, falling a victim to the unbealthiness ol the climate. Dying without children, on his death, his sister Isabel was retoured heir to him. Note: He is shown elsewhere as a colonel; perhaps he was at that rank when he married?