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	Douglas - LoveToKnow 1911
		The marquessate of Douglas and the earldom of Angus, the historic dignities held by the two chief branches of the family, the Black and the Red Douglas, are merged in the Hamilton peerage.
		The lordships of Annandale and Bothwell fell to the crown; Galloway to the earl's sister Margaret, the "Fair Maid of Galloway"; while the Douglas lands passed to his great-uncle James Douglas, 7th Earl Of Douglas, called the "Gross," of Balvany (1371-1444), lord of Abercorn and Aberdour, earl of Avondale (cr.
		By the failure of heirs in the elder branches of the family the dukes of Hamilton became heirs-male of the house of Douglas.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Douglas (2985 words)

	Selkirk Lodge
		Selkirk is a royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, and historically the county town of Selkirkshire.
		William Douglas (1634-1694), younger son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas was created Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch in the peerage of Scotland on 4 August 1646.
		Charles Douglas died childless and the title of 3rd Earl of Selkirk passed to his younger brother John Hamilton (c.1664-1744) who on 14 April 1697 had been created Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/184/selkirk-lodge.html (1554 words)

	Earl of Selkirk - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		William Douglas (1634-1694), younger son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas was created Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch in the peerage of Scotland on 4 August 1646.
		He outlived his son and heir and the titles created with the Earl of Ruglen was passed onto his daughter Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen and through her marriage to the families of the Earl of March and the Duke of Queensberry.
		His son Thomas Douglas (1771-1820) and grandson Dunbar James Douglas (1809-1885) succeeded him but upon the 6th Earl's death the title Earl of Selkirk devolved upon the 12th Duke of Hamilton, given special remainder this meant that the title was inherited by the 12th Duke's younger brother, Charles George Douglas-Hamilton (1847-1886).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Earl_of_Selkirk (523 words)

	Earl of Selkirk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Earl of Selkirk is a title in the (additional info and facts about Peerage of Scotland) Peerage of Scotland, created in 1646.
		Charles Douglas died childless and the title of 3rd Earl of Selkirk passed to his younger brother John Hamilton (c.1664-1744) who on 14 April 1697 had been created Earl of Ruglen, Viscount of Riccartoun and Lord Hillhouse.
		He outlived his son and heir and the titles created with the Earl of Ruglen was passed onto his daughter Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen and through her marriage to the families of the Earl of March and the (additional info and facts about Duke of Queensberry) Duke of Queensberry.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earl_of_selkirk.htm (514 words)

	Duke of Hamilton - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The 2nd earl was chosen as Regent of Scotland between 1542 and 1554 and guardian of the young Mary, Queen of Scots.
		Earl of Angus, Marquess and Duke of Hamilton
		The 1st Earl of Selkirk's eldest son James Hamilton (1658-1712) was known as the Earl of Arran until 9 July 1698 when his mother, Anne Hamilton, abdicated her titles of Duchess of Hamilton, Marquesses of Clydesdale, Lady Aven and Innerdale, Countess of Arran and Cambridge, Countess of Lanark and Lady Machansyre and Polmont.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Earl_of_Selkirk (2032 words)

	MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF HAMILTON - LoveToKnow Article on MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF HAMILTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		James, 2nd Lord Hamilton, son of the 1st lord and Princess Mary, was created earl of Arran in 1503; and his son James, who was regent of Scotland from 1542 to 1554, received in February 1549 a grant of the duchy of Chfltellerault in Poitou.
		At the pacification of Perth in 1573 the Hamiltons abandoned Marys cause, and a reconciliation with the Douglases was sealed by Lord Johns marriage with Margaret, daughter of the 7th Lord Glamis, a cousin of the regent Morton.
		JAMES DOUGLAS, 4th duke of Hamilton (1658-1712), eldest son of the preceding and of Duchess Anne, succeeded his mother, who resigned the dukedom to him in 1698, and at the accession of Queen Anne he was regarded as leader of the Scottish national party.
	13.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HAMILTON_MARQUESSES_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (1699 words)

	Earl of Ruglen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earl of Ruglen was a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
		The 1st Earl of Ruglen succeeded as 3rd Earl of Selkirk on the death of his elder brother in 1739.
		The Earl's only son William, Lord Daer, died in 1742, so on the death of the Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen in 1744, the Earldom of Selkirk passed to his great-nephew, while the Earldom of Ruglen passed to his daughter, Anne, who had married William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Ruglen (210 words)

	thePeerage.com - Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk and others
		Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk was born on 3 February 1662/63.
		She was the daughter of Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield and Jeanne de Civelle.
		She married John Campbell Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald, son of John Cochrane, 2nd Earl of Dundonald and Lady Susan Hamilton, on 4 April 1706.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10943.htm (2369 words)

	thePeerage.com - Sir William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton and others
		Sir William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton was educated at the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
		She married, firstly, Sir William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, son of Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton and Anne Cunningham, on 26 May 1638 at St. Anne's Church, Blackfriars, London, England.
		She married William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Oliphant, on 15 September 1632 in Bellie, Scotland.
	thepeerage.com /p10942.htm (2689 words)

	Earl of Selkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		William Douglas (1634 - 1694), younger son of the1st Marquess of Douglas was created Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch in the peerage of Scotland on 4 August 1646.
		He was the great grandson ofthe 1st Earl of Selkirk through Basil Hamilton (1671-1701) youngest brother of the 2nd and 3rd earls) and his son Basil Hamilton(1696 - 1742) (Dunbar Hamilton's father).
		Herenounced the title Earl of Selkirk in order to remain in the House of Commons, he was later elevated to the House of Lords with a life peerage as Baron Selkirk of Douglas.
	www.therfcc.org /earl-of-selkirk-256288.html (548 words)

	Features - Notable Dates in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Douglas was mortally wounded at the height of the battle and the victorious Scots captured Percy.
		A Scottish army led by the Earl of Douglas returning from raiding in the north of England was heavily defeated by English forces under "Hotspur" Percy at the Battle of Homildon Hill, near Wooler in Northumberland.
		Earl of Hertford invaded Scotland in an attempt to force the marriage of Edward, son of Henry VIII, and Mary, Queen of Scots.
	www.scotsindependent.org /dates1-2.htm (7839 words)

	The Barony of Crawfordjohn
		Joan, the widow of Sir Thomas’s second marriage, married Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway and subsequently Earl of Douglas.
		However, the three stars can be seen on a Douglas seal prior to this marriage, and the Bothwell arms appeared in the third quarter of the arms of the later Earls of Douglas.
		Crawfordjohn stayed with the Selkirk line until the 4th Earl sold the barony towards the end of the eighteenth century to Sir George Colebrooke, Bt, a member of an eminent family of bankers, politicians, and directors of the East India Company.
	www.baronage.co.uk /2003c/crawford.html (1196 words)

	Charles Douglas : Scotland Magazine
		Built between 1566 and 1572, it was erected as a stronghold for George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness, one of a string of castles...
		Charles Douglas visits Traquair House which, it is sometimes claimed, is the oldest inhabited house in Scotland
		Haddo House is a magnificent 18th century palladian mansion designed in the north east of Scotland by the architect William Adam for William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen.
	www.scotlandmag.com /magazine/author/charles_douglas.html (2689 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname - part 32 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Douglas, Archibald the Grim, Earl of Douglas 3rd, b.
		Douglas, Charles Hamilton, Earl of Selkirk 2nd, b.
		Douglas, Isabel (Elizabeth) of Mar, Countess of Mar, b.
	www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /public/genealogy/royal/gedx32.html (515 words)

	Encyclopedia: Earl of Selkirk
		The novodamus dicatated that should the earldom ever devolve to the holder the title of Duke of Hamilton, his younger brother and his heirs should succeed to the title before him.
		When he died without a male issue his distant cousin Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton (1862-1940) inherited the earldom of Selkrik along with the dukedom.
		He renounced the title Earl of Selkirk in order to remain in the House of Commons, he was later elevated to the House of Lords with a life peerage as Baron Selkirk of Douglas.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earl-of-Selkirk (551 words)

	Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 18 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Charles Clive, Viscount Mersey 2nd Bigham --to-- Charles Renaud Adelbert, Capt. Bentinck.
		Charles III of Parma, Duke of Parma de Bourbon, b.
		Charles IV Theodore, Elector of the Palatine Wittelsbach, b.
	www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /public/genealogy/royal/gedFx18.html (1425 words)

	dOUGLASNOTCONNECTED
		James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1st Baron of Dutton, (1658 — November 15, 1712) had a child Barbara Fitzroy, the illegitimate daughter of King Charles II and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
		IV.Charles Hamilton, Earl of Arran, son of Barbara Fitzroy.
		III.Lady Susannah Douglas of Hamilton married 1st, Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale.
	clandouglassociety.org /dOUGLASNOTCONNECTED.html (181 words)

	The Americans, The Earl of Selkirk, and Colonsay's 1806 Emigrants to Prince Edward Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Earl of Selkirk, was born 20 June 1771 at their Kirkcudbright estate in southwest Scotland.
		Earl of Selkirk died on 8 April 1820, 48 years-old, in Pau, France, where he is buried.
		Selkirk also wrote that Hamilton "admits that as Territory Louisiana is of no value to the U.S. and thinks they ought to exchange the Western bank of Mississippi for the Floridas" and "has serious apprehensions of the present ascendancy of Democratic principles ending in Anarchy" (pp 128 and 129).
	www.islandregister.com /colonsay_selkirk.html (6628 words)

	The Earls of Selkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		From the murder of the "Black" James Douglas by James II, through to the murder of James III by the "Red" Douglases, there was much that was cruel and inhuman in the history of these two great families.
		Yet, there were also acts of selflessness, as when a young Douglas woman tried desperately to save the life of James I and when a young Douglas man rescued Mary Queen of Scots from Loch Leven prison.
		He abdicated as Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer and Shortcleuch on 6 October 1688 leaving the titles to his younger son Charles Douglas (1663-1739) (Charles had been christened as Charles Hamilton, but changed his name to Charles Douglas upon receiving his titles.
	www.blae.net /douglas/earlsofselkirk.htm (662 words)

	Historic Houses : Scotland Magazine
		On the walls of this ancient family keep, which he and his wife were in the process of restoring, I noticed some paintings and was told that they had originated fro...
		The view from the hill is of rolling Dumfriesshire hills surrounding a plateau upon which sits a magnificent, quadrangular castle built of pink sandstone.
		Unfortunately, memories in the Highlands are long, and the spectre of the Land Clearances of the 19th century, when tenant crofters were f...
	www.scotlandmag.com /magazine/category/historic_houses.html (2209 words)

	Lord Hillhouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Earl of Ruglen was a title in the Peerage ofScotland.
		The Earl's only sonWilliam, Lord Daer, died in 1742, so on the death of the Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen in 1744, the Earldom of Selkirk passed to his great-nephew, while the Earldom of Ruglen passed to his daughter, Anne, who had married William Douglas, 2nd Earl ofMarch.
		Anne Hamilton, 2nd Countess of Ruglen (1698 - 1748)
	www.therfcc.org /lord-hillhouse-356559.html (199 words)

	Genealogy Data Page 14 (Family Pages)
		Douglas, Archibald (3rd Earl of Douglas - Grim)
		Douglas, James (7th Earl of Douglas - the Gross)
		Douglas, Archibald (8th of Angus and 5th of Morton)
	pitgear.com /genealogy/green/f_d.htm (467 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Cedric King of Wessex 532 - Plantagentet ...
		2nd Wife of [179] James (4th Earl* of Tullibardine) Murray:................................................................................................................
		2nd Wife of [189] James (2nd* Marquess of Douglas) Douglas:...................................................................................................................
		2nd Wife of [190] Archibald (Earl* Angus) Douglas:................................................................................................................
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/m/a/c/Hamish-S-Maclaren/ODT25-0026.html (1369 words)

	Descendants of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk (1634-1694) gen 1-5 of 10 gen-
		Descendants of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, 1st Earl of Selkirk (1634-1694) gen 1-5 of 10 gen-
		Charles Hay, 3rd Marquess of Tweeddale, son of John Hay,
		Married (1) William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March, son of
	worldroots.com /foundation/britain/williamdouglasdesc1634.htm (869 words)

	decendants of George Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Douglas, Douglas [25541] 11th duke of Brandon 14th duke of Hamilton b.1903
		Douglas, Lady Mary Victoria [25518] b.11_Dec_1850 m.21_Sep_1869 wife of Albert Grimaldi, duke of Valentinois marriage annulled, 1880 m.2_Jun_1880 wife of Tassilo Festetics de_Tolna, prince of Hungary d.14_May_1922
		Douglas, Lady Susannah [25501] m.1684 wife of John Cochrane, 2nd earl of Dundonald m.1684 wife of Charles Hay, 3rd marquess of Tweeddale d.1737
	www.hdhdata.org /roots/i1210.shtml (1637 words)

	decendants of George Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		William Douglas [25503] --------- 1st earl of Selkirk 3rd duke of Hamilton d.1694 Lady Anne Hamilton [25510] ------ duchess of Hamilton wife of William Douglas, earl of Selkirk, 3rd duke of Hamilton
		Douglas Douglas [25541] --------- 11th duke of Brandon 14th duke of Hamilton b.1903 Lady Elizabeth Ivy Percy -------- [25551] m.1937 wife of Douglas Douglas.
		Charles Hay [25596] ------------- 3rd marquess of Tweeddale d.1715 Lady Susannah Douglas ----------- [25501] m.1684 wife of John Cochrane, 2nd earl of Dundonald m.1684 wife of Charles Hay, 3rd marquess of Tweeddale d.1737
	www.hdhdata.org /roots/d1210.shtml (3056 words)

	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Charles Jenkinson, 1st Lord Hawkesbury, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1796) 1786-1803
		David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres 1919-1921
		Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie 1984-1985
	www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Chancellor_of_the_Duchy_of_Lancaster (559 words)

	douglas09
		James Douglas, 'Earl of Drumlanrig' (b 02.11.1697, bur unm 17.02.1715, 'an idiot', 2nd son)
		Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover (b 24.11.1698, d 22.10.1778)
		Anne Douglas-Hamilton, Countess of Ruglen (b 05.04.1698, d 21.04.1748, dau of John, Earl of Selkirk and Ruglen)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/dd/douglas09.htm (1143 words)

	Earl of Ruglen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Earl of Ruglen - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 17:56, 27 Jun 2004.
		Earl of Ruglen and Earls of Ruglen (1697).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Earl_of_Ruglen (232 words)

	hamilton13
		Families covered: Douglas of Selkirk, Hamilton of Baldoon, Hamilton of Brandon, Hamilton of Hamilton, Hamilton of Orkney, Hamilton of Ruglen
		Their son, who is shown under his mother, changed his name to Noel and became father of the 1st Earl of Gainsborough of a new creation.
		Charles Hamilton, later Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (b 03.02.1662-3, dsp 13.03.1739)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/hh4aa/hamilton13.htm (1114 words)

	Genealogy Data Page 15 (Family Pages)
		Douglas, William (1st Earl of Queensberry and 9th)
		Father: Douglas, George (14th Earl of Morton) Lt.Col.
		Douglas, James (Earl Arran and 5th Duke Hamilton)
	pitgear.com /genealogy/green/f_e.htm (357 words)

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