Sir John James Scott Douglas
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| Oil on canvas by Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823),
unfinished on his death and probably completed by a
pupil, c1823. Douglas here wears the uniform
of the 15th Hussars. Raeburn probably abandoned the
painting when Douglas transferred regiment in 1819 |
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Sir John James, 3rd Baronet , was the son of
Sir
George Douglas 2nd Baronet of Springwood. .
Douglas (1792-1836) joined the 15th
Light Dragoons in 1813 and saw active service in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. In 1819 he purchased a captaincy
in the 22nd Light Dragoons but the following year the
regiment was disbanded and he went on to half pay. He
succeeded his father as 3rd Baronet in 1821. By royal
license 10 July 1822, he took the name of Scott before that of Douglas,
in consequence of his intended marriage.
He married 15 Aug. 1822, at St. Georges Hanover Square, London, his
cousin Hannah Charlotte, daughter and heiress of Henry Scott, of
Belford, co. Roxburgh. The lands
of Longnewton were thus added to the estate of Springwood Park.
There is an iron plaque set into the boundary wall of Springwood Park
estate opposite to the end of the Rennie bridge which was put there by
Sir John James to indicate the boundary of his estate. The
family mausoleum is
believed to have been commissioned by Sir John James Douglas.
He died 24 January 1836, at Boulogne-sur-Seine, near Paris, aged 43 and
was succeeded by his son Sir George Henry
Scott Douglas. His widow married 19 December 1837, at St.
James', Westminster, William Scott-Kerr, of Chatto, Roxburgh (who
survived her) and died at Paris 29 April 1850.
Sources
Sources for this article include:
• Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1906; Vol.
V; page 251
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