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unusual facts about James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas


Alexander Shields

Shields was appointed on 4 February 1691 chaplain to the Cameronian regiment (26th Foot), raised in 1689 by James, Earl of Angus (1671–1692), son of James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas.


1380s in England

5 August - Battle of Otterburn: a Scottish army, led by James Douglas, defeats an English army, capturing the their leader, Harry Hotspur.

Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland

When Graham betrayed her husband to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, she and her baby escaped to the Continent, arriving in Bruges on 31 August 1570, where she sought aid from Pope Pius V and King Philip II of Spain to raise money for her husband's ransom; the Pope gave her four thousand crowns and King Philip sent her six thousands marks.

Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas

His opponents, the 12 year old Duke of Hamilton, Sir Hew Dalrymple, and others, claimed that Stewart was not the son of Lady Jane Douglas, and thus was not the rightful heir to the Douglas estates.

Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas

The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell were annexed by the crown, Galloway to Margaret Douglas, and the Douglas lands and earldom passed to William's great-uncle James Douglas, Earl of Avondale, who was himself implicated, with Sir William Crichton, in the murder of the young earl.

Caroline Bright

In 2006, Bright was appointed to the Next Generation Commission by Governor James Douglas.

Dalkeith

Sir James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton, and his wife Joanna, daughter of James I, are buried in the choir and have stone effigies.

Durisdeer

Adjoining the church is the slightly earlier Queensberry Aisle, burial place of the dukes, also by Smith, with a large marble monument to the second Duke (1662-1711) and Mary, his duchess, carved by Jan van Nost.

Francis Brockton

After the discovery, which Richards reported to Governor James Douglas, Richards named the area of the find Coal Harbour and named Brockton Point, at the east end of what is now Stanley Park in Vancouver, after the engineer.

George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

He took part in the plot which led to the execution of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton in 1581 and in the conspiracy which saved King James VI from the Ruthven raiders in 1583.

Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick

In 1699 Dalrymple bought the barony and Castle of Tantallon from James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas, but allowed the castle to fall into further ruin.

James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, 11th Duke of Brandon

In 1994 on the death of 10th Earl of Selkirk, there was a disputed succession to the title.

Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, 10th Duke of Brandon

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia was named after Lord Morton by Captain Cook (the spelling being an error in the published account of Cook's voyage)

James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington

James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington, married Anne (b.1651) daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston by his first wife, Jean (d. August 1651), daughter of Sir George Fletcher, of the Innerpeffer family.

James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

Bannockburn left northern England open to attack; and in the years that followed many communities in the area became closely acquainted with the 'Blak Dowglas.' Along with Randolph, Douglas was to make a new name for himself in a war of mobility, which carried Scots raiders as far south as Pontefract and the Humber.

James II of Scotland

James attempted to seize Douglas lands, but his opponents repeatedly forced him into humiliating climbdowns, whereby he returned the lands to James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, and a brief and uneasy peace ensued.

Lincoln Alexander

(James Douglas, who was of mixed descent, was Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia prior to Canadian Confederation when these were British colonies with no connection to the Canadas.

Lockharts of Lee

Sir Simon Locard, 2nd of Lee, is said to have accompanied Sir James Douglas on his expedition to the East with the heart of Robert the Bruce, which relic, according to Froissart, Locard brought home from Spain when Douglas fell in battle against the Moors at the Battle of Teba, and buried in Melrose Abbey.

Morrin College

A few people who later went on to illustrious careers taught at the College, namely Edwin Hatch, James Douglas, Jr., and George Mercer Dawson.

Patrick Adamson

In 1575, he was appointed by the General Assembly as one of the Commissioners to settle the jurisdiction and policy of the Church; and, the following year he was named with David Lyndsay, to report their proceedings to James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, then Regent of Scotland.

Thomas Elwyn

After serving for five months as the Chief Constable of Yale, Governor James Douglas made him Assistant Gold Commissioner of Lillooet.

William Alexander Mouat

One of their daughters, Ethel Margaret, married Dr James Douglas Helmcken, grandson of Sir James Douglas, colonial governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.


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