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unusual facts about William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas


Margaret Stewart, Countess of Angus

By an illicit affair with William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, husband of the Earl of Mar's sister, she became the mother of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (c. 1380-1403), and secured a charter of her estates for her son, to whom in 1389 the title was granted by King Robert II.


Alicia Ann Spottiswoode

Alicia Scott, née Alicia Ann Spottiswoode (24 June 1810 – 12 March 1900) was a Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set.

Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton

She was wed in 1656, at the kirk of Corstorphine near Edinburgh, to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk, a younger son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.

Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie

With his first wife they had William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus, and with his second wife he had further two sons and six daughters.

Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas

William Douglas (c.1424–24 November 1440), who briefly succeeded as 6th Earl

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Charles Powell Hamilton

Following the death in 1895 of William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton without male issue, Hamilton's great-grandson, Alfred Douglas Hamilton inherited the Dukedom of Hamilton.

Douglas-Hamilton

The name originates from the marriage of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk in 1656.

George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus

In June 1448, Angus joined with his kinsmen the Earl of Douglas and his brother Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde on a punitive raid into England and despoiled the countryside as far as Alnwick which they burnt and "come hame wele".

Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas

Here it was that his young nephews William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas and Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas had sought refuge.

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Imogen Hassall

After having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and enjoyed an appearance in the William Douglas-Home comedy "The Reluctant Peer" at the Duchess Theatre in 1964, she appeared in British TV adventure series of the 1960s such as The Saint, The Avengers, The Persuaders!.

Jean-Pierre Dantan

His subjects include many famous figures from the realms of politics (for example, Talleyrand, William Douglas), music and the arts (Beethoven, Paganini, Verdi, Liszt, Berlioz), and literature (Victor Hugo, Balzac).

Lord James Douglas

Douglas' body was returned to Paris and buried at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, beside other members of his family, including William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, his grandfather.

Mathew Dawson

His first important owners were the Dukes of Newcastle and Hamilton, but they were soon succeeded by Lord Falmouth.

New Haven Lawn Club

The clubhouse, built in 1931 to replace the former clubhouse that had burned in 1929, is credited to architect Douglas W. Orr, but much of the detail design is by William Douglas.

Operation Astonia

British officer William Douglas-Home was imprisoned for his refusal to participate in the operation after civilians were not allowed to be evacuated.

Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre

William Douglas-Home, son of the 13th Earl of Home, and younger brother of the future Prime Minister and 14th Earl of Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

Robin Midgley

William Douglas Home’s Lloyd George Knew My Father in 1972, starring Ralph Richardson and Peggy Ashcroft

William Douglas of Cluny

William Douglas was the son of William, 2nd earl of Angus and Margaret Hay.

William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus

The title Earl of Angus is now held by the Dukes of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the heir apparent to the current dukedom.

Angus was again included in the Privy Council, and in June 1598 was appointed the King's Lieutenant in southern Scotland, in which capacity he showed great zeal and conducted the "Raid of Dumfries," as the campaign against the Johnstones was called.

William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry

He was appointed a Scottish Privy Councillor in 1667, Lord Justice General from 1680 to 1682, and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1682 to 1686.

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton (c.1540 - 1606) was the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven and Margaret Erskine, a former mistress of James V of Scotland.

In 1601, Robert Oliphant went to Algiers to look for his kinsman, carrying a letter of introduction to Sultan Mehmed III written by Queen Elizabeth, who also recommended her ambassador John Wroth help the search.

William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester

#Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu (Kimbolton Castle, 27 December 1854 – 10 February 1934), married firstly at Kimbolton Castle, 10 December 1873 William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton and had issue, and secondly 20 July 1897 to Robert Carnaby Forster of Easton Park, Wickham Market, Suffolk (d. 23 June 1925), without issue.


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