The title Earl of Morton was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1458 for James Douglas of Dalkeith. Along with it, the title Lord Aberdour was granted...

1114) Earl of Wigtown (1341) Earl of Douglas (1358) Earl of Angus (1389) Earl of Avondale (1437) Earl of Morton (1458) Earl of Queensberry, Viscount of Drumlanrig...

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581) was a Scottish nobleman. He played a leading role in the murders of Queen Mary's confidant, David...

castle is largely the creation of the Douglas Earls of Morton, who held Aberdour from the 14th century. The earls used Aberdour as a second home until 1642...

Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548) was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland...

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

Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus and 5th Earl of Morton (1555 – 4 August 1588) was a Scottish aristocrat. He was the son of David, 7th Earl of Angus. He succeeded...

Countess of Morton, also called Joanna (c. 1428 – 22 June 1493), was the daughter of James I, King of Scotland, and the wife of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton...

Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, FRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish peer and astronomer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh...

William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582 – 7 August 1648) was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist...

Lord of Dalkeith, was created the 1st Earl of Morton in 1458. He was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Lord of Dalkeith and Elizabeth Gifford, daughter of James...

Douglas, Countess of Arran and Duchess of Châtellerault was a Scottish aristocrat. She was a daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton and Catherine Stewart...

John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton died 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden. He was the son of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Princess Joan...

who was married to Sir William Douglas. James Douglas of Dalkeith became the Earl of Morton in the mid 15th century. The castle was strategically located...

Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton was executed by the Maiden in 1581. David Hume of Godscroft's 1644 History of the House of Douglas said that Morton was responsible...

Fair of 1808, she came to the attention of George Douglas, the Earl of Morton, who went on to sponsor her to receive lessons from a Royal Academy of Arts...

Earl of Morton, to be installed as Scotland's regent. Douglas had been executed in 1581 for the 1567 murder of Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband of...

returned to Regent Morton by Huntly's servant Alexander Drummond of Midhope in August 1573. In 1572 the Earl came to terms with the Regent Morton. He spent a...

of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, and Catherine Stewart, herself a natural daughter of James IV. The marriage was arranged by James Hamilton of Finnart...

of Morton (1662–1738), younger brother of the 12th Earl of Morton George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827) George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858)...

Earl of Morton, KT, FRS, FRSE, FSA (3 April 1761 – 17 July 1827) was a Scottish peer and politician. He was the son of Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton...

Earl of Morton (died 1686), Earl of Morton James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton (died 1715), Earl of Morton James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768)...

Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton (19 March 1927 – 5 March 2016) was a Scottish peer and landowner. Douglas was the son of Hon. Charles William Sholto...

to the earldom of Orkney and lordship of Zetland from James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton. His son, the second Baron, was a Member of Parliament for Richmond...

Bothwell rode magnificently down the Canongate, with the Earl of Morton and William Maitland of Lethington flanking him, and his Hepburns trotting behind...

Countess of Morton (born after 1541 – c. 1606) was a Scottish noblewoman, being the daughter of George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes. She was the wife of William...

parish Morton Castle, a seat of the Earls of Morton in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland Morton, West Lothian Morton, Illinois, a village Morton, Indiana...

3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741) 1740–1741: Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore...

Palace given by James Douglas, Earl of Morton. Morton was elected to Mar's office and proved in many ways the most effective of James's regents, but he made...

George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662 – 4 January 1738), of St Ola, Orkney, styled The Honourable George Douglas between 1681 and 1730, was a Scottish...