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The Douglases of Tilquhillie Burial Aisle
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The Banchory-Ternan graveyard is situated in the
Aberdeenshire town of Banchory. In it is the burial aisle of the
Douglasses of
Tilwhilly, a plain building with slated roof, which stands near the middle of
the kirkyard.
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Lintel reads:
J. D : M. A : 1775
(John Douglas and Mary Arbuthnot)
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Archibald Kennedy
Douglas |
John Douglas,
of Falkenhorst
and his wife |
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| Penuel McKenzie |
John and his
brother George |
Hannah (?nee Colquhoun)
widow of John |
John, son of
John and Mary |
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| John, died 1987 |
Elsa, died 1961 |
Colin, died 1983 |
John, killed shooting chamois |
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| John, Died 1943 |
Olga, died 1941 |
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The Banchory-Ternan graveyard is situated in the
Aberdeenshire town of Banchory. In it is the burial aisle of the
Douglasses of
Tilwhilly, a plain building with slated roof, which stands near the middle of
the kirkyard.
Note: There are multiple spellings of
Tilquhillie.
The initials and date of
J. D : M. A : 1775,
upon the door lintel, refer to John Douglass and his wife Mary, sister to
the sixth Viscount Arbuthnott.
To their only son, a marble monument
(inside) bears this inscription : —
Here lies Interr'd among his
Ancestors, John Douglass of Tilliwhilly, Advocate, who died at Edini'.
March 6th 1773, in the 36th year of his Age, and in his Fatheirs
lifetime. He was only son of John Douglass and Mary Arbuthnott, was early
educate in principles of true religion, which appear'd well in him all his
Life. O ! Eeader, here drop a Tear for a young man so soon cutt off. But
let this comfort thee, that he has gain'd infinitely by dying, for Blessed
are the dead that die in the Lord ; and we have reason to believe that his
righteous soul is now in a happy state, waiting for the resurrection of
his body to eternal life. — The above is built in the south-east corner of
the vault : The next is near it : —
In memory of Mrs Hannah
Douglass, widow of the late John Douglass of Tilwhilly, advocate, and
daughter of the late Sir G. L. A. Colquhoun of Tillyquhoun, Bart., who
departed this life 10th April 1835, aged 53 years, and lies interred
here, in the same grave with her husband. This tablet is placed as a small
testimony of respect and affection by her only surviving son, G. L. A.
Douglass, advocate(1). She lived beloved, and died lamented. Blessed are the
dead that died in the Lord.
Upon a marble slab in the south-west
corner : —
Here lies the body of John Douglass of Tilwhilly, who
died on the 6th of July 1812, in the 40th year of his age. Here lies also
the body of his only brother, George Lewis Augustus Douglass, Sheriff-Depute of Kincardineshire, who died on the 30th of October 1847, in the
76th year of his age. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the
life. John xi. 25.
— From a dark grey granite slab, built into the
wall above the last-noticed : —
In memory of
John Douglass of Tilquhillie, and of Falkenhorst (Thueringen Vorarlberg, Austria.) Born at
Inchmarlo, March 28, 1804 ; died at Tilquhillie, October 11, 1870.
— Quotations from John xiv. 12 ; v. 28 ; and ix. 25 (slightly
destroyed by damp), are painted upon the plaster on the north wall.
Notes:
1. George Lewis Augustus Douglas (b 1773, d
30.10.1847); m. (01.08.1837) Hannah Ellison (dau of Henry Ellison of
Bebburn, widow of Ralph (or John) Carr of Dunstan Hill) |
Source
Sources for this article include:
Photography by Andrew Douglas; July 2022
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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