Douglas is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Scottish Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so-named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas, which are pronounced Irish pronunciation: [duːɣləs]. According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash.
James Douglas may refer to:
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. This latter title is the courtesy title for the eldest son and heir to the Earl of Morton.
Baron Penrhyn is a title that has been created twice. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1783 in favour of Richard Pennant, who had previously served as a Member of Parliament for Petersfield and Liverpool. This creation became extinct on his death in 1808. The next creation came in 1866 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom when the Conservative politician Edward Douglas-Pennant was created Baron Penrhyn, of Llandegai in the County of Carnarvon. He had previously represented Carnarvon in the House of Commons and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire. He was granted the estate of his father-in-law on the condition that he accepted his wife's maiden name, Pennant. Lord Penrhyn was the younger brother of The 17th Earl of Morton. In 1833 he had married Juliana Isabella Mary Pennant, eldest daughter and co-heiress of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant of Penrhyn Castle and in 1841 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Pennant.
William Douglas may refer to:
This page is concerned with the holders of the forfeit title Earl of Douglas and the preceding feudal barons of Douglas, South Lanarkshire. The title was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1358 for William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, son of Sir Archibald Douglas, Guardian of Scotland. The Earldom was forfeited by James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas in 1455.
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became President of the Royal Society, and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton died 9 September 1513 at the Battle of Flodden.
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, KT, FRS, FRSE, FSA.
Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
George Douglas may refer to:
John Douglas may refer to:
The Hon. Arthur Gascoigne Douglas D.C.L. was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland from 1883 to 1905.
George Sholto Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton, known as George Douglas until 1827, was a Scottish Tory politician.
John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton was a Scottish peer and landowner.
Hamilton Douglas Halyburton was a British Lieutenant who died at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
Dunbar Hamilton Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk FRSE was a Scottish peer.
Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, DL was a major landowner in Scotland, a businessman with mining investments in what is now Svalbard, Norway, and politician, serving as a representative peer (1886-1935) after being elected by the Peerage of Scotland.
George Morton may refer to:
John Stewart Sholto Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton is a Scottish peer and landowner.
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