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...
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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,...
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George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827) Hamilton Douglas Halyburton (1763–1783) John Douglas (1756–1818) George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton (1789–1858)...
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of Morton John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (c. 1433 – 1463), son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas Margaret, Duchess of Douglas Margaret Douglas (1515–1578)...
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William Douglas, third son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, along with the title Lord Daer and Shortcleuch. On 29 April 1656, the first earl married...
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John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar (died 28 October 1572) was a Scottish aristocrat and politician. He was the custodian of the infant James VI of Scotland...
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of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine, and wife of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven. On 31 August 1536, he received a royal charter granting the lands of Tantallon...
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Borsselen in 1444. Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c. 1428–1486) married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton. Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (born and...
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John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of...
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Catholic. 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...
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John Douglas may refer to: John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (c. 1433–1463), Scottish soldier John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (died 1513), Scottish nobleman...
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Cromartie 1738–1739: John Keith, 3rd Earl of Kintore (G.M. of England; 1740) 1739–1740: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (G.M. of England; 1741) 1740–1741:...
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castles of Morton and Tibbers, with Morton likely becoming the centre of administration for both. The Earl of March accompanied James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas...
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Margaret, daughter of James Stewart, Earl of Moray Elizabeth, daughter of William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton By his third wife Elizabeth Douglas he had five...
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Lady Agnes Douglas was born at Lochleven Castle, Scotland, in 1574, one of the eleven children of Sir William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, and Agnes Leslie...
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John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, GCB, PC (12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history...
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Duke of Buccleuch 25 January 1812 – 20 April 1819 William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian 8 June 1819 – 27 April 1824 George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 2...
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of his guardian, the 4th Earl of Morton, four days before his marriage to Margaret Douglas, formerly Lady Buccleuch and daughter of the 7th Earl of Angus...
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daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton. She descended from James IV through an illegitimate daughter, and Joan, daughter of James I. Both parents...
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son of The 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother, Harriet, was the second daughter of The Hon. John Douglas, himself the son of The 14th Earl of Morton. His...
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James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell for the assassination of Darnley, and acted as the agent between them and the Earl of Morton. According to the on-the-scaffold...
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Archibald the Grim, the third Earl of Douglas, was without issue. David Stewart, was born to John Stewart, Lord High Steward of Scotland, and his wife, Anabella...
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regent James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, to be installed as Scotland's regent. Douglas had been executed in 1581 for the 1567 murder of Henry Stuart...
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Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton 18 July 1808 – 1824 Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie 11 June 1824 – 6 February 1828 James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of...
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John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (6 August 1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess...
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was the eldest son of George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull and Ann Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton. His date of birth is not recorded...
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Dunbar, Earl of Moray and James who would become the 2nd Earl of Douglas. Robert's sons John, Earl of Carrick, the king's heir, and Robert, Earl of Fife...
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Marian civil war (category Civil wars of the Early Modern period)
Rising of the North and the discovery of the Ridolfi plot which further damaged Mary's reputation, Regent Mar and James Douglas, Earl of Morton were able...
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Honourable Douglas Gordon, only child of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne by his second wife Mary, daughter of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton and Agatha...
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Fitzwilliam married Lady Frances Harriet Douglas, the eldest daughter of George Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton. Lady FitzWilliam died on 16 June 1895. They...
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