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The Good Sir James Douglas	William, 1st Earl of Douglas.	Archibald The Grim 4th Earl of Douglas	4th Earl of Douglas See also below	Douglas of Glenbervie	Archibald Bell the Cat 5th Earl of Angus	James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas	James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton	Douglas of Cavers	Douglas, Lord Mordingtoun	Douglas, Earls of Dumbarton	George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus	Douglas, Earls of Forfar	Douglas, Earls of Morton	James, 2nd Marquis of Douglas
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Duke of Douglas	William Douglas, Duke of Queensberry	Douglas, Earls of Queensberry	Douglas, Lords of Drumlanrig	Douglas of Kelhead	Douglas of Tillquhillie	Douglas of Finart	Spare

Douglas of Dalkeith	Robert Douglas, Lord Dalkeith 1622	Lord Dalkeith	Lord of Nithsdale (old)	Lord of Nithsdale	William Douglas Lord of Nithsdale	Margaret, Fair Maid of Galloway	Douglas of Kirkness

Margaret Isobel Douglas or Hargreave, Daughter of Captain Robert Hinde Douglas	Douglas of Whittinghame	Major Peter Frederic Sholto Douglas of Giwonde	12th Earl of Home	Douglas of Mains	Douglas of Cruixton	Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas	4th Earl of Douglas See also above
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James, 2nd Duke of Queensberry	Archibald, Duke of Douglas	1st Earl of Dumbarton		Glenbervie	William, 4th Duke of Queensberry	Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar	George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton
					Spare	Spare	Spare
Earl of Angus	Lord Darnley, King Consort of Scotland	Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany (Previously Lord Darnley)	William, 6th Earl of Morton	James, 9th Earl of Douglas

Earl of Angus til 1491	'Douglas of Douglas'	Burnett & Glenbervie	The undifferenced arms of Douglas of Douglas were used by William Douglas (of New London, Conn, 1660) 2. James Douglas (of Voluntown, Conn, 1729) 3. Thomas Douglas (of New Fairfield, Conn, 1771) 4. William Douglas (of Bergen, NY, 1671)		Spare	Spare	Spare

Blacker-Douglas	St John Blacker-Douglas of Elm Park	Blacker-Douglas of Ulster	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	Major Gordon Manners Shipley Douglas	1st Earl of Ruglen	John, 9th Duke of Buccleugh and 11th Duke of Queensberry	Spare

Douglas of Kinglassie Sir Arthur Percy Douglas of Carr William HS Douglas		Francis Douglas, Moray Place, Edinburgh James Tory Douglas of Hong Kong Robert Hinde Douglas		Baron Douglas Henry Mitchell Sholto Douglas Lt Col William Douglas of Brigton 14th Earl of Home		William Thomas Parker-Douglas, M.A., M.B., of Holmby, Speen, Newbury Douglas of Salwarpe Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (4)


Unidentified Is this a salamander?	Spare	See note 1	John Douglas, Garrallan, Ayrshire	Douglas in Ireland	Douglas of Kelhead	Douglas of Tilquillie	Douglas (Kent)

Unidentified	Douglas of Timpendean	Douglas of Timpendean	Earl of Dumbarton (5)	7th Earl of Douglas Earl of Moray (5)	Unidentified	Unidentified	Unidentified

Dowglas of Bonjedward	Scott-Douglas of Springwood	Palmer-Douglas	Monteath-Douglas	Akers-Douglas	Aretas Akers-Douglas of Chilston Park	Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray	Douglas of Mains

See note 2	Douglas of Earnslaw	Douglas-Home	James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington	Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu (3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu) (4)	Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu (3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu) (4)	Scott-Douglas of Springwood Douglas of Cavers Edward Palmer-Douglas of Cavers



Douglas of Grangemuir	Dowglas	Douglas of Whiterigs	Douglas of Lochleven	Barons Montagu of Beaulieu	Baron of Amesbury	Earl of Solway
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James, Earl of Morton	Douglas of Dundarrach	Air Marshall William Sholto Douglas		James, Earl of Douglas	Douglas of Salwarpe	Sir John James Scott Douglas

1st Duchess of Buccleuch	1st Duke of Monmouth & 1st of Buccleuch	4th Duke of Buccleuch	5th Duke of Buccleuch	8th Duke of Buccleuch	10th Duke of Buccleuch	Duke of Queensberry
						Spare
William Douglas, Lord of Nithsdale	James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton	Marquis of Queensberry	Earl of Douglas and Mar	Duke of Touraine	Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray
Spare				Spare
	Douglas of Mains	Edward Bullock Douglas	Earl of Morton		John Stewart Sholto Douglas, as Lord Aberdour	Sholto Douglas-Campbell and Violet Paget

Rolle/Douglas	Archibald, 6th earl of Angus	Francois-Prosper Douglas	Archibald 'The Grim' 3rd earl of Douglas	Archibald 'The Grim' 3rd earl of Douglas	Douglas of Galloway, 3rd Earl of Douglas	Archibald Douglas. 3rd Earl of Douglas Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde
		Spare	Spare
Earl of Orkney	Lord Mordington			Duke of Douglas	Percy, 9th Marquis of Queensberry	James Douglas, Duke of Dover


5th Earl of Selkirk	Lord Selkirk	Selkirk	James Douglas Hamilton, First Baron of Selkirk	James Douglas, Duke of Dover

Robert Douglas of Tallinn, Estonia	Glenbervie	Glenbervie	Archibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine, Lord of Galloway, Annandale & Bothwell	Archibald, Marquess of Douglas as shown on a Blaeu map 1654

Duke of Dover, 1790	Douglases of Drumlanrig, Queensberry and Kelhead	1st, 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Queensberry	Duke of Queensberry	Douglas, 1790

Alice, Countess of Gloucester	Duke of Brandon, 1790	Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry and Dover	Arms of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (d. 1625), ancestor of Duke of Hamilton and Abercorn	General Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge
	Spare	Spare	Spare	Spare
Graf Douglas


Douglas of Lochleven	Douglas of Cavers (of old)	Douglas of Cavers	Douglas of Cavers	Robert Hinde Douglas	Francis Brown Douglas	Douglas of Standingstones	Douglas of Longniddry

William 6th Earl of Morton	William 8th Earl of Morton	Viscount Belhaven	Douglas of Douglas Support	Campbell Douglas of Douglas-Support	Van Breugel Douglas	Douglas of Earnslaw	Douglas of Earnslaw

4th Earl of Douglas See also above	William Douglas Earl of Wigton	Archibald Douglas Earl of Wigton and 5th Earl of Douglas	John Douglas Albany Herald, 1780	Douglas of Bruntwood, Cheshire, 1861	William 'Longlegs' Douglas	Unknown in Bargeddie	Lt Col James Douglas

Major William Hew Sholto Douglas	Major William Hew Sholto Douglas	Douglas of Inchmarlo	Douglas of Castle Douglas	The Good Sir James Douglas	Thomas Monteath-Douglas	Thomas Douglas Edinburgh (of Cavers)	Arthur Henry Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie

George Douglas Orkney c1611	Thomas Douglas of Edinburgh c1680	Douglas of Garrallan	Douglas of Pumpherston	Douglas of Baads	Douglas of Friarshaw	Douglas of Cliftonhall, c1672	Lord Torthorwald

Douglas of Gyrn	Douglas of Bealford	Robert Douglas of Musselburgh	Lt Col Robert Douglas CB 1829	Earl of Selkirk	Colonel John Douglas, Gorbals, Glasgow	Douglas of Bridgeford	Lord Glenbervie

John Edward William James Douglas of Tilquillie	Lt Col William Charles Douglas (of Brigton)	William, 6th Duke of Buccleuch	James, 9th Earl of Douglas	William Douglas of Kirkness d1747	Douglas of Friarshw in Holland	Douglas of Tilquhillie	James, 9th Earl of Douglas

Earl of Angus	Earl of Angus	House of the Douglas of Angus Previously listed as William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus	Said to be connected to Gilchrist de Douglas, mother of Beatrix Stewart, Countess of Angus	Alison Douglas, daughter of George, Master of Angus	George, 4th Earl of Angus	Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus	Walter of Angus Lord of Liddesdale

Archibald, 6th earl of Angus	David Douglas 7th Earl of Angus (Same as 8th Earl?)	Archibald Douglas 8th Earl of Angus, 5th Earl of Douglas Douglas	William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus 1552 - 1611	Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox	Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox	James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton	Douglas of Mordington

Hemingford Abbots	Timpendean and Moorlands	Bonjedward	Bonjedward	Rev Walter Douglas of Bonjedward	Douglas of Timpendean	Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet of Springwood Park 1825	Henry Grattan Douglas

Morton	Ceiling panel in Otago St, Glasgow	Bishop Gavin Douglas in St Machar's Cathedral	Earl of Douglas at St Machar's Cathedral	1st Earl of Forfar	2nd Earl of Forfar	Jack Shamgar Douglas	Edwin James Douglas

Margaret of Scotland	William Douglas of Kirtleside	David Arthur Douglas	6th International Congress of Heraldry and Genealogy, Edinburgh 1962: the arms of the Duke of Hamilton as President of the Congress.	Sir Howard Douglas, Baronet of Carr, Perth 1777	Sylvester Douglas of Glenbervie	Douglas of Castle Douglas	General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart

Sholto Douglas Campbell of Douglas Support, 1869	Barrington Campbell of Douglas Support	Archibald Douglas of Douglas Support, 1793	Douglas Campbell and Paget	Douglas in Ireland	James Douglas of Parkhead Lord Carlyle	George, 2nd Baron Penrhyn	Douglas of Barloch

Lord of Galloway	Cornelious Marinus Douglas - Holland	Earl of Wigton	Waddell Cunningham Douglas, of Rostrevor	Earl of Moray	Earl of Ormonde	James, 2nd Earl of Mar	Douglas of Kilhead

Douglas of Longniddry	Douglas of Moffat Lords of Borg, Corehead and Moffat	George Douglas of Friarshaw, 1747	Sir George Douglas (as left ?)	Viscount Chilston	Douglas of Castle Douglas	Col. William Douglas Connecticut	Col William Douglass of Loudon

Marion, Lady Drum	George Douglas of Timpendean	Charles, Duke of Dover	William Douglas 1st Marquis of Douglas	James Douglas 2nd Marquis of Douglas	Dame Margaret Douglas, of Branxholme	James 4th Duke of Hamilton	Douglas of Newcastle

Count Gustav Douglas	Graf Hugo Douglas	Count Gustav Douglas of Sweden (Generic?)	Sweden	Robert Douglas of Skenninge	Robert Douglas of Skenninge	Walter Douglas of the Leeward Islands	German? 1790

Philippe Douglas Lord of Arrancy	Unknown - French? 4th earl of Douglas?	Don Annibal Scotti, of Spain	Douglas dit Schott	Glenbervie In New Zealand		Holland, 1885	Douglas of Gondelstein

Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown - Baads?	Awaiting positive identification	Gawain Thomas Alexander Douglas	Unknown Kirkness, Carr or Kinglassie?
The following armorials can be found in the High Kirk of Edinburgh

Armorial of the 4th Earl c1410	Armorial for Buccleuch, 1917	Armorial for Buccleuch, 1949	Armorial for Buccleuch, 2017	Armorial for Selkirk, 1975	Armorial for Home, 1930	Armorial for Home, 2013	The Douglas angel
The following six heraldic shields are extracted from Scottish arms : being a collection of armorial bearings, A.D. 1370-1678, reproduced in facsimile from contemporary manuscripts, with heraldic and genealogical notes by Stodart, R. R. (Robert Riddle); Published 1881. (Click to enlarge)

Duke of Douglas	Earl of Moray	Archibald Douglas	Douglas of Pumpherston	Comte de Douglas	Earl of Ormonde	Spare	Spare
Armorials for the Douglas family in France

The Douglas family in France	Later generations of The Douglas family in France	France Pratulo and others	Picardie	Philippe Douglas, Lord of Arrancy	Spare	Spare	Spre
Armorials of the Douglas family in Italy. Additional armorials connected with the Douglas family in Italy can be found here>>>

Douglas Scotti of Vigoleno	Scotti Douglas of Fombio	Douglas Scotti Douglas of Piacenza	Scotti Douglas	Scotti Douglas	Douglas-Scotti	Ranucci Douglas Scotti	Prof. Dr. Luca Scotto di Tella de' Douglas
Septs and other families

Lockard/Lockhart	Keith of Galston, Ayrshire	Pringle of Whytbank	Drysdale	Paterson of Bannockburn	Oliver	Muriel, Viscountess Daventry	Angus Herald

Freskin de Moray	Edward Blackett Of Matfen Hall	Campbell of Blythswood	Archibald Campbell Campbell	Possible German family	Sir Robert Montgomerie	Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Montgomerie

Hunter of Burnside (See also Brigton)	George Tod Orkney	Howison Craufurd, of Craufurdland, co. Ayr, and of Braehead, co. Midlothian	Edmond Walter FitzMaurice, 7th Earl of Orkney (1867–1951)	Cecil O'Bryen FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney (1919–1998)	Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney (b. 1938), son of Frederick Oliver St John, son of Isabella Annie Fitzmaurice, daughter of the Hon. James Terence Fitzmaurice, fifth son of the fifth Earl of Orkney.	Arthur George Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore	Lord Falconer of Halkerton Azure a Falcon displayed between three Mullets one and two Argent on his breast a Man's Heart Gules (Falconer of Halkerton)
Extracted from the Register of arms by Sir David Landsay, 1542
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Earl of Douglas	Earl of Angus	Earl of Moray	Earl of Ormond	Lord of Niddisdaill	Lochleven
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Douglas of Drumlanrig	Douglas of Moffat	Douglas of Longniddrie	Douglas of Whittinghame	Yuglis (sic) of Lochend	Sandilands of Calder

Douglas-Hamilton

House of Douglas-Hamilton Lords Abernathy, etc	House of Douglas-Hamilton Earls of Arran, etc Arms variant from c.1830	House of Douglas-Hamilton Earls of Arran, etc Grand quarters arms variant	William 3rd Duke of Hamilton	James, 4th Duke of Hamilton	Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton of Lessudden	Alexander 10th Duke of Hamilton	16th Duke of Hamilton
					Spare	Spare	Spare
One of several Douglas-Hamilton armorials in Haddington House	Duke of Hamilton	Archbishops Hamilton and John Douglas of St Mary's College, St Andrews	Arms of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (d. 1625), ancestor of Duke of Hamilton and Abercorn	Douglas Hamilton in Brodick Castle
Hamilton armorials

Hamilton of Bargany	Hamilton of Haggs	Hamilton of Cairnes	Hamilton of Daichmont	Hamilton of Milburne	Hamilton of Udston	Hamilton of Barnes	Hamilton of Barnes
					Spare	Spare	Spare
Hamilton of Raploch	Hamilton of Holmpatrick	Robert Hamilton	Hamilton of Killyleigh	Hamilton of Avondale
Doubtful and miscellaneous crests

Douglass	Mystery composition	Villegas Family of Saint Pierre Jette, in Belgium, but originally from Spain.	Maclennan of Maclennan	Maclennan	Rt. Rev. Douglas R. Nowicki	Lodge Bearsden	Sir Charles Dunbar Hope-Dunbar

	Walter Sandilands, Lord Torphichen	Thomas Sandilands	Baikie of Tankerness	Dalmahoy	Arsini, Sicily	Unidentified	Col Robert Douglas of Inchkenneth (Probably)

Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount(9)	Possibly Fleming (10)	Viscount Goschen	Spare	Spare	Spare	Spare	Spare
Heraldic shields with errors

Incorrect mullets on 4th Earls shield at Shrewsbury	Unidentified - note paling & clothing

Armorial bearings of the Douglas family in Lincluden Abbey
Notes: 1. This crest is also of St John Blacker-Douglas of Elm Park - needs checking? And probably Thomas Dunlop Douglas (see stained glass window). 2. This crest (a raven?) is linked with the motto 'Sursum', a motto used by the Pringle family. Or is it a martlet/swallow - the sign of a 4th son? 3. I have included the Keith, Lockhart and Pringle crests (below) because of their similarity with the Douglas crests, and close relationships between the families. 4. I assume he has three crests because he held three titles. 5. See The peacock 6. Blanks appear when I re-position the images - not from deletions. It is all work in progress. 7. The terms armorial, coat of arms, heraldic shield and crest have been used loosely and often incorrectly. I will work towards getting them right! 8. Help identifying 'Unknown' arms would be welcome. 9. David Lyndsay, or Lindsay, married the court seamstress, Janet Douglas. Seven years later was appointed Lyon King of Arms, and knighted. 10. This armorial is from a teapot. External link: • The 'Coat of Arms Database' provided images of many of the family's coats of arms variations. See also: Dalmahoy Stained glass Memorials

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