Cowan-Douglas
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Hugh Cowan-Douglas gained three caps as a forward in 1922-23. Reports of
the time make reference to a fast, direct style and occasional marksman.
The only other reference found is that he was chairman of the United
Turkey Red Company in Alexandria in 1960 (a textile firm) and presumably
would have qualified as one of the ‘Vale boys’
GF Fleming Brown,
JF Christie and A. Lambie have retired from the board of United Turkey
Red and Mr. H. Cowan-Douglas has been elected a director
Hugh
Cowan-Douglas, CA It is with regret that we record the death in his
sixty- fourth year of Mr Hugh Cowan-Douglas, ca, a partner in the firm
of Brown, Fleming & Murray, Chartered Accountants, of Glasgow.
I
have to record with sorrow that since our last Annual General Court we
have sustained a great loss through the death on July 12 of our Ordinary
Director, Mr. Hugh Cowan-Douglas, TD, CA A man of high intellect, he had
a skilled and ...
Last year, we suffered the loss of cur Auditor,
Mr. Hugh Cowan-Douglas, by sudden death. He was a distinguished
Accountant with wide industrial interests in the West of Scotland. We
exteud our sympathy to his widow. ...
Hugh Cowan Douglas,
chairman of Glenficld & Kennedy Ltd
The Harland Engineering Co.,
Ltd.. celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, and the report and
accounts, together with the statement by Mr. H. Cowan-Douglas
(chairman),
From left to right: Mrs. H. Greenwood, provincial
leader, western Cape: Miss MH Grant, South African leader-in-chief, and
Mrs. R. Cowan Douglas, an international leader and member of the world
committee.
Mr. Hugh Cowan-Douglas of Kelvin Court, Great Western
Road, Glasgow, ...
Betsy nee Cowan Douglas -find-a-grave
Renee Cowan-Douglas Revenue and Trust Application Analyst Finance
Policy and Revenue Analyst, FMU-Financial Management and Administration,
Provincial Government of British Columbia
Cowan-Douglas, JR - VC
or DSO???
Percy Cowan-Douglas
Lilian Horsburgh
Cowan-Douglas, now a resident of England, specialist in water-color
flower studies; ... Lilian Horsburgh Cowan-Douglas (1894-1960)
Landscape painter; Flower painter
Capt. J. R. Cowan-Douglas,
D.S.O., M.C., is restd. (??) to the establishment. 24th June 1927.
COWAN-DOUGLAS, Robert William, Esq., of Gateshaw, Roxburghshire.
Only son of John Black Cowan, Esq., LL.D., Professor of Mat. Med.,
Glasgow Univ., who d. 1896, by Mary Anne, who d. 1861, dau. of the late
Dr. William Stokes, of Dublin; b. 1861; s. Alexander Sholto Douglas,
Esq., W.S., J.P., 1916; m. 1892 Isabella Margaret, dau. of the late
Robert Balloch, Esq., of Glasgow, and has, with other issue, a son,
*John Robert, D.S.O., M.C., Capt. Highland L.I. ; educated at
Marlborough Coll. and at the R. Mil. Coll., Sandhurst ; b. 1893. Mr.
Cowan-Douglas, who was educated at Fettes Coll., Edinburgh, and assumed
the additional surname of Douglas 1916, was formerly ranching in
Alberta, Canada.— Residence: Corbet Tower, Kelso; R. Automobile Club,
s.w. ; Western Club, Glasgow.
Robert William COWAN was born 4
Apr1861 at Blythswood, Glasgow. Robert inherited from his father,
1897 (National Probate Calendar). In 1895 he was a rancher in Alberta,
Canada (father?s will) (scotlandspeople). Robert marr Isabella Margaret
Balloch, dau of Robert Balloch and Isabella Brownrigg. A Robert W. Cowan
marr M. Balloch in 1892 (scotlandspeople). Isabella was b. 23feb1861,
Govan, Lanarks. (familysearch); her sister Ann (1853) marr Alexander D.
Macindoe, 2nd cousin of Robert. Robert was b. in 1861 and died in
1934 (John Marshall Cowan papers, Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Glasgow). Robert William Cowan-Douglas d. 10aug1934, age 73,
at Corbet Tower, Morebattle, Kelso (the Times, London).
In 1881
William Alston (1829, no occ), brother Walter Cross (1854, no occ),
visitor Robert Cowan (1862, mercantile clerk), all b. Glasgow, unm, were
at Ayr (census); Robert was stepson of the sister of William Alston.
In 1890 Robt W. Cowan (unm) sailed from Liverpool to Halifax, Canada (findmypast).
In 1896 Robt W. Cowan (1861, Scots, unm) arrived at NY (ellisisland).
Robert William Cowan applied for a Western Land Grant (voicimafamille).
In 1901 Robert W. Cowan (4apr1861 Scotland, immig 1882, rancher),
wife Isabella Balloch (29 Feb1861 Scotland, immig 1892), children John
D.L. (29may1893), Lillian H. (13nov1894), Hugh (21nov1895), were at
Beaver Dam, Alberta (census, automatedgenealogy names the wife Mabella).
In 1905 Robt W., ?, and L.H. Cowan left Liverpool for NY (findmypast).
In 1905 Robert William Cowan (1861, marr, rancher), wife Isabella
Margaret (1861) and Lillian Horsburgh (1895), b. Scotland, last res
Glasgow, bound for Alberta, arrived at NY from Liverpool; Robert had
last entered USA in 1904 and the other 2 in 1903; In 1906 R.W. Cowan
(1861, marr, last res Glasgow, rancher bound for ?Lochran, Alberta)
arrived at NY; in 1906 Isabella Margaret Cowan (1861, marr), dau Lillian
Horsburgh (1895), both Scotch, last resident Cochrane, bound for
Cochrane, Alberta, arrived at NY (ellisisland). In 1917 on death of
Alexander Sholto Douglas (W.S., res 26 Drumsheugh Gdns, Edinburgh), John
Marshall Cowan, MD, Glasgow, and Robert William Cowan-Douglas, esq., of
Corbet Tower, Kelso, were executors (GWR shares, findmypast). John and
Robert were 1st cousins once removed of Helen McCaul Forrester (b.
1833), wife of Alexander S. Douglas. In 1917 Robert William
Cowan-Douglas of Corbet Tower, Roxburghs., in compliance with the will
(1915) of Alexander Sholto Douglas of Gateshaw, W.S., assumed the
surname Cowan-Douglas in lieu of the present surname of Cowan (London
Gazette).
A portrait of Kingan, who was a Glasgow merchant, and a son of the
Manse of Crawford, survives at Corbet Tower near Kelso, residence of his
descendant, Robert Cowan-Douglas, Esq.
In 1939 Robt W.C. Douglas was reg at Corbet Tower,
Morebattle (Kelso) (McDonalds Directory, mocavo).
A relative of
the wife of Robert died at Corbet Tower, which presumably belonged to
Robert and his heirs. Will of Charles Dalrymple Gairdner (d. 2may1942)
of Corbit Tower Kelso; probate James Macnair Gairdner and Charles
Dalrymple Gairdner (C.A-) (National Probate Calendar). Charles (b. 1861)
marr Beatrice M. Balloch (b. 1868), sister of Isabella M. Balloch; as
Isabella's son, Hugh, was described as ?of Corbet Tower? in 1958 it
would seem that Charles was a guest and not owner of the property when
he died.
From the Times of 2 August 2011:
HELEN JENNIFER
STAVERT Helen Jennifer (née Cowan-Douglas), died peacefully at home
in Plaistow, West Sussex, on 28th July 2011, aged 88. Beloved wife
of the late George (Sandy), dearly loved mother of Susan Brown and
Christopher Hamer and stepmother of Susie and Jamie. Cremation
private. Thanksgiving Service to be held in early September. Enquiries
to Sue on 020 7736 0080 or mrs...@talktalk.net.
She was
formerly Mrs John Hamer and was the dau of
Maj John Robert
COWAN-DOUGLAS DSO MC JP (c1893-1970) of Gateshaw House, Kelso,
Roxburghshire and Rita (1896-1975, dau of Joseph Selby CHANCE JP
(1862-1941, scion of that gentry family of Morton) and Helen Augusta
(c1863-1956, dau of Col Archibald WYBERGH, scion of that gentry family
of Borran's Hill formerly of Clifton Hall)). She m 2nd (as his 2nd
w) 1964 Maj George William STAVERT (1916-91), scion of that gentry
family of Hoscote.
The Glasgow Herald - Jul 14, 1960
From Walford's County Families, 1919: COWAN-DOUGLAS, Robert William,
Esq.,
of Gateshaw, Roxburghshire. Only son of John Black Cowan, Esq.,
LL.D., Professor of Mat. Med., Glasgow Univ., who d. 1896, by Mary Anne,
who d. 1861, dau. of the late Dr. William Stokes, of Dublin; b. 1861; s.
Alexander Sholto Douglas, Esq., W.S., J.P., 1916; m. 1892 Isabella
Margaret, dau. of the late Robert Balloch, Esq., of Glasgow, and has,
with other issue, a son, *John Robert, D.S.O., M.C., Capt. Highland L.I.
; educated at Marlborough Coll. and at the R. Mil. Coll., Sandhurst ; b.
1893. Mr. Cowan-Douglas, who was educated at Fettes Coll., Edinburgh,
and assumed the additional surname of Douglas 1916, was formerly
ranching in Alberta, Canada.? Residence: Corbet Tower, Kelso; R.
Automobile Club, s.w. ; Western Club, Glasgow.
From the Times of 2 August 2011: HELEN JENNIFER STAVERT Helen
Jennifer (née Cowan-Douglas), died peacefully at home in Plaistow, West
Sussex, on 28th July 2011, aged 88. Beloved wife of the late George
(Sandy), dearly loved mother of Susan Brown and Christopher Hamer and
stepmother of Susie and Jamie. Cremation private. Thanksgiving Service
to be held in early September. She was formerly Mrs John Hamer and was
the dau of Maj John Robert COWAN-DOUGLAS DSO MC JP (c1893-1970) of
Gateshaw House, Kelso, Roxburghshire and Rita (1896-1975, dau of Joseph
Selby CHANCE JP (1862-1941, scion of that gentry family of Morton) and
Helen Augusta (c1863-1956, dau of Col Archibald WYBERGH, scion of that
gentry family of Borran's Hill formerly of Clifton Hall)). She m 2nd (as
his 2nd w) 1964 Maj George William STAVERT (1916-91), scion of that
gentry family of Hoscote.
Alexander Sholto DOUGLAS was b. 27nov1829, chr 4jan1830 at Edinburgh
(C. Titchett, rootsweb). “History of the Society of Writers to her
Majesty's Signet” (1890): Alexander Sholto Douglas (b. 27nov1829), son
of Alexander Douglas, W.S., marr 16dec1858 Helen M'Caul, dau of John
Forrester, W.S. Alexander Douglas (19jun1780-1jul1851), 3rd son of Dr.
Christopher Douglas, physician in Kelso, was Fiscal 1844-51; he marr
20mar1810 Janet Hardie, 2nd dau of Robert Bow, Edinburgh merchant.
Helen (dau of a Writer to the Signet) marr Alexander Sholto Douglas of
Gateshaw, W.S., son of Alexander Douglas of Chesterhouse (Fiscal of the
Signet) and Janet Hardie Bow (“Seekers of Truth”).
Alexander Sholto Douglas (abt 1829-1916) and wife Helen M. Forrester (abt
1833-1909) were buried at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh (gravestonephotos).
Scottish archives have documents (eiks etc.) of Helen MacCaul Daouglas
or Forrester, wife of Alexander Sholto Douglas, W.S., 26 Drumsheugh Gdns,
Edinburgh, d. 16nov1909, Edinburgh (scotlandspeople). Will (25 pages) of
Alexander Sholto Douglas, Gateshaw, W.S., 26 Drumsheugh Gdns, Edinburgh,
d. 4aug1916 at Edinburgh (scotlandspeople). Southern Reporter, Selkirk:
Alexander Sholto Douglas of Gateshaw, WS, d. 4aug1916, aged 86, at 26
Drumsheugh Gdns, Edinburgh. He followed his father and brother,
Christopher, and became a Writer to the Signet. He succeeded his
brother, Christopher in the property of Gateshaw, Roxburghs.; Corbet
Tower is on that estate. He was predeceased by his wife, dau of John
Forrester, WS, and leaves no family (findmypast). His estate was
inherited by Robert William Cowan (1861-1934) who changed his surname to
Cowan-Douglas. In 1917 on death of Alexander Sholto Douglas (W.S., res
26 Drumsheugh Gdns, Edinburgh), John Marshall Cowan, MD, Glasgow, and
Robert William Cowan-Douglas, esq., of Corbet Tower, Kelso, were
executors (GWR shares, findmypast); John (b. 1870) and Robert (1861)
were 1st cousins once removed of Helen McCaul Forrester (b. 1833), wife
of Alexander S. Douglas.
In 1917 Robert William Cowan-Douglas of Corbet Tower, Roxburghs., in
compliance with the will (1915) of Alexander Sholto Douglas of Gateshaw,
W.S., assumed the surname Cowan-Douglas in lieu of the present surname
of Cowan (London Gazette).
Alexander S. Douglas (1830 Edinburgh, W.S.) and wife, Helen M. (1834
Edinburgh) were in 1861 at India St., Edinburgh, in 1871 and 1881 at Gt
King St., Edinburgh, and in 1901 at Morebattle, Roxburghs.; in 1871
Francis Douglas (1815 Kelso, unm, retd surgeon) visited (census).
Christopher DOUGLAS was b. 13 Feb1811, chr 22 Mar1811 at Edinburgh
(C. Titchett, rootsweb). Christopher Douglas of Chesterhouse, eldest son
of Alexander Douglas, W.S., b. 13 Feb1811 (History of the Society of
Writers to her Majesty's Signet, 1890).
Will (17 pages) and document (37 pages) of Christopher Douglas, W.S.,
res 13 Atholl Cresc., Edinburgh, d. 11 Nov1894,
Edinburgh (scotlandspeople).
William Ker 4th of Gateshaw (b. 1759) marr Jane Martin, dau of Ellis
Martin, in 1806; their son Ellis Martin Ker sold Gateshaw estate to
Christopher Douglas of Chesterhouse, W.S., in 1873 (Annals of a Border
Club, 1899). The estate of Gateshaw was mentioned in 1917 in the will of
Alexander Sholto Douglas, brother of Christopher (scotlandspeople).
Note:
• I have been unable to locate this publication: Genealogy of
Douglas of Chesterhouse Paperback – 1 Jan. 1987; by J. S. James Sholto
Douglas (Author)
See also:
•
Biography Christopher Home Douglas, born 1827, son of Pringle Home
Douglas, relative of Alexander Douglas, of Chesterhouse, which contains
details of the fmily history. [7mb pdf]
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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