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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.
		His grandson, the 3rd earl, left daughters only, of whom the eldest, Margaret, married James Hamilton, earl of Arran, regent of Scotland, ancestor of the dukes of Hamilton; Elizabeth married in 1543 James Douglas, who became by this marriage 4th earl of Morton.
		James Douglas, 9th Earl (and last), denounced his brother's murderers and took up arms, but was obliged by the desertion of his allies to submit.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Douglas (3011 words)

	James I
		James sought to remain in the favour of the unmarried Queen of England, as he was a potential successor to her Crown; his mother was the granddaughter of Margaret Tudor (Elizabeth I's aunt).
		James faced a Roman Catholic uprising in 1588, and was forced to reconcile with the Church of Scotland, at length agreeing to the repeal of the Black Acts in 1592.
		James died in 1625 of ague, probably brought upon by kidney failure and stroke, and was buried in the Henry VII Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey.
	www.dymock.org /James_I.htm (3245 words)

	Regent James Douglas of Morton, d1542 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On the death of the earl of Mar (October 28, 1572), Morton, who had been the most powerful noble during this regency, and also during that of the earl of Lennox, at last reached the object of his ambition by being elected regent.
		One of his dependants, Captain James Stuart, son of Lord Ochiltree and brother-in-law of Knox, had the daring to accuse Morton at a meeting of the council in Holyrood of complicity in the murder of Darnley, and he was at once committed to custody.
		In 1586, however, the attainder was rescinded in favour of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus, a nephew of the 4th earl.
	www.blae.net /douglas/regentmorton.htm (1107 words)

	Maxwell - LoveToKnow 1911
		1546), was a member of the royal council under James V.; he was also an extraordinary lord of session, high admiral, and warden of the west marches, and was taken prisoner by the English at the rout of Solway Moss in 1542.
		After the execution of the regent Morton, the 4th earl, in 1581 this earldom was bestowed upon Maxwell, but in 1586 the attainder of the late earl was reversed and he was deprived of his new title.
		William, 5th earl of Nithsdale (1676-1744), a grandson of the third earl, was like his ancestor a Roman Catholic and was attached to the cause of the exiled house of Stuart.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Maxwell (777 words)

	Royal connections with the Douglas family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We have identified a Douglas connection with the Duchess of York, being a 9th generation descendant of the James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
		James Douglas, who married Joanna, the deaf / mute daughter of King James I and Queen Joan Beafort, was honoured by King James II on March 14, 1457 with the title of Earl of Morton.
		James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton, married (BEF.
	www.blae.net /douglas/royalconnections.htm (636 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Douglas Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Archibald, the fourth Earl, married James I’s sister and in 1437, on the death of James I, he was one of the council of regents, and later lieutenant general of the kingdom.
		James, Earl of Morton, younger brother of the seventh Earl was a bitter enemy of Mary, Queen of Scots.
		The titles of Marquess of Douglas, Earl of Angus and several others were ultimately all to devolve on the Dukes of Hamilton and the eldest son and heir of that house is always styled ‘Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale’.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Douglas_194/default.php (1090 words)

	Clan - Sept - Tartan
		He was chief counselor to the regent James Stuart, 1st earl of Murray, and became regent himself on the death of the 1st earl of Mar. His rule was devoted to the pacification of a religiously divided and wartorn Scotland.
		d/o Maurice Moray Earl of Strathearn and Joan Menteith
		7/23/1362 to Archibald "The Grim" Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
	hunthill.4t.com /photo4.html (5316 words)

	James VI Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		James was the only child of Mary Queen of Scots and her second husband, Lord Darnley.
		James beat off a Catholic revolt in 1588, and in 1600 he was faced with a conspiracy mounted by John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, the second son of the Earl of Gowrie, executed in 1583.
		James and Anne were crowned on 25 July 1603 at Westminster Abbey, James seated on the Stone of Destiny taken from Scotland by Edward I of England in 1296.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/monarchs/jamesvi.html (1063 words)

	Hamilton of Cadzow
		John fitz Walter, ancestor of the Hamiltons of Innerwick and of the Hamilton Earls of Haddington.
		James Hamilton, ancestor of the Hamiltons of Gilkerscleugh
		James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, b 1537-8, Commander of the Scots Guards in France, 1550-7, proposed by the Lords of the Congregation as husband for Queen Elizabeth of England 1560, and proposed himself as husband for Mary, Queen of Scots, 1561.
	www.baronage.co.uk /mfr_ba/hamilfo1.html (1487 words)

	Douglas
		The surname Douglas is territorial, from the wild pastoral dale possessed by William de Douglas.
		She was the married to the Earl of Lennox and through their son, Henry Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, (in some countries better known as Maria Stuart), James VI.
		The estates devolved on the heir-female who was as a Representator of the House of Douglas awarded the arms of Douglas of Douglas, and was later created Lord Douglas of Douglas, and awarded the chief Arms of the House of Douglas whose daughter and eventual senior co-heiress married the 11th Earl of Home.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/douglas.html (871 words)

	James DOUGLAS (4º E. Morton)
		The 3rd Earl’s wife was Catherine, an illegitimate daughter of James IV.
		On the death of the Earl of Mar (28 Oct 1572), Morton, who had been the most powerful noble during this regency, and also during that of the Earl of Lennox, at last reached the object of his ambition by being elected regent.
		In 1586, however, the attainder was rescinded in favour of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus (q.v.), a nephew of the 4th Earl.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/JamesDouglas(4EMorton).htm (775 words)

	NINTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baron James III HAMILTON 2nd Earl of Arran was born in 1477 in Scotland - son of James Earl of Arran.
		He was married to Margaret DOUGLAS (daughter of James DOUGLAS 3rd Earl of Morton and Catherine STEWART) in 1532.
		James HAMILTON 3rd Earl of Arran was born in 1537/38.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d6814.htm (128 words)

	thePeerage.com - Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming and others
		She married James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, son of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, between 11 November 1516 and 23 November 1516.
		She was the daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton and Catherine Stewart.
		Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster was born circa 1281 in Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10214.htm (1886 words)

	Hamilton of Cadzow
		The Heir Male of the Hamiltons is James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn in the Peerage of Ireland, 6th Marquess of Abercorn in the Peerage of Great Britain, and 14th Earl of Abercorn in the Peerage of Scotland.
		James Hamilton of Cadzow, Knight, was created Lord Hamilton 28 June 1445 and surrendered all his lands and baronies for erection into a new lordship of Hamilton, the name used thereafter for the town of Cadzow.
		..A1 James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, b1537-8, Commander of the Scots Guards in France, 1550-7, proposed by the Lords of the Congregation as husband for Queen Elizabeth of England 1560, and proposed himself as husband for Mary, Queen of Scots, 1561.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-03/hamilton.html (2121 words)

	JAMES STEWART (d. 1595) - Online Information article about JAMES STEWART (d. 1595)
		Morton, and in 1581 was rewarded for having accomplished the latter's destruction by being appointed a member of the privy See also:
		father, the 1st earl of Arran, by his third wife, from whom sprang the succeeding earls of Arran, were illegitimate.
		He contrived secretly to maintain friendly communications with James, and in 1592 returned to Edinburgh, and endeavoured unsuccessfully to get reinstated in the court and kirk.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/JAMES_STEWART_d_1595_.html (938 words)

	ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS - Online Information article about ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS
		Morton (1555-1588), was the son of See also:
		November, and secured from James the restoration of their estates and the control of the government.
		January 1586 he was granted the earldom of Morton with the lands entailed upon him by his uncle.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /APO_ARN/ARCHIBALD_DOUGLAS.html (634 words)

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		She then chose Hastings to replace the Earl of Sussex as president of the Council of the North, where his Calvinist influence can still be seen today in the religious makeup of those counties.
		Lettyce knows that though the Earl’s interest was briefly piqued by Douglas, it was the function of proximity, convenience, and perhaps the passing charm of an acquiescent nature (not unlike that of the late Lady Dudley).
		The dynamic between the Barkeleys and the Earls of Leicester and Warwick is a hostile one.
	www.kugelblitz.co.uk /timothy/bristol.txt (22023 words)

	Border Clan Scott - History and Genealogy
		James II also granted to him and to Sir David, his son, the remaining half of the barony of Branxholm to be held in blanch for the payment of a red rose for their brave and faithful exertions in favor of the king against the house of Douglas.
		Received knighthood from James VI, by whom, in 1590, on the fall of his step-father, the earl of Bothwell, he was appointed keeper of Liddesdale and warden of the west marches (borders).
		After the succession of James to the English throne, Buccleuch was very active in quieting the borders, and to accomplish this he raised a regiment of the boldest and most desperate of the borderers, and carried them over to fight against the Spaniards in the wars of Holland.
	www.james.com /border_scott/index.htm (14604 words)

	The Barony of Mordington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Note that Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith was granted the barony of Dalkeith on 5th January 1368-9.
		Note that the title of Earl of Morton continued de jure in the Maxwell family until Robert, 10th Lord Maxwell was created Earl of Nithsdale on 29th August 1620 with precedence from 1581 (SP, VI, 389; SP, VI, 482-3).
		On the death of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus, on 4th August 1588 the lands and honours of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, devolved upon Sir William Douglas of Lochleven (SP, VI, 371) who thereby became the 5th Earl of Morton (of the Douglas of Dalkeith family).
	www.gmilne.demon.co.uk /barony_of_mordington.htm (1479 words)

	douglas03
		Elizabeth Gifford (dau of James Gifford of Sheriffhall)
		She may not have been a daughter of the 1st Earl of Morton although that is often stated, sometimes as Elizabeth but perhaps more often as Janet.
		(2) for Douglas of Douglas - TSP (Douglas), BE1883 (Douglas of Douglas)
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/dd/douglas03.htm (434 words)

	Genealogy Data Page 101 (Family Pages) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Douglas, William (1st Earl of Douglas and Mar) Sir
		Douglas, Archibald (3rd Earl of Douglas - Grim)
		Father: Douglas, Archibald (3rd Earl of Douglas - Grim)
	pitgear.com /genealogy/green/f_64.htm (341 words)

	thePeerage.com - Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and others
		Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March was born on 1 February 1352 in Llangoed, Llyswen, Breconshire, Wales.
		He was the son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and Janet Crichton.
		He married Catherine Stewart, daughter of James IV Stewart, King of Scotland and Marion Boyd.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10200.htm (1981 words)

	maxwell02
		Beatrix Douglas (a 1528, a 10.1583, dau of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton)
		The earldom was obtained following the execution of James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland.
		A William Maxwell was identified as 'junior of Gribton' in 1677 and there was a James Maxwell of Gribton in 1699 but their relationships to this John has not yet been identified.
	www.stirnet.com /HTML/genie/british/mm4ae/maxwell02.htm (932 words)

	Descendants of Gilbert de Hamilton -gen 1-9 of 12 gen-
		Earl", son of William Cunningham, 4th Earl of Glencairn and
		Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglintoun, son of Hugh
		Married James Dunlop, of Dunlop, son of Alexander Dunlop,
	worldroots.com /foundation/britain/gilbertdehamiltondesc.htm (645 words)

	Genealogy Data Page 106 (Family Pages) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Douglas, Robert (of Scotland and New London CT)
		Father: Douglas, Henry (Laird of Lugtoun and Lochleven)
		Father: de Waren, William II (Earl of Warren and Surrey)
	www.racingstation.com /genealogy/green/f_69.htm (157 words)

	Ancestors of Catherine Stewart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Catherine married James Douglas 3rd Earl Of Morton, son of ?
		Douglas 2nd Earl Of Morton and ?, about 1505 in Scotland.
		(James Douglas 3rd Earl Of Morton was born about 1480 in Scotland and died about 1550 in __________?.)
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~fran/324980.htm (110 words)

	Details of Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		(Duke and 3rd Marquis of Douglas; Earl of Angus)
		(2nd Earl of Douglas and Earl of Mar)
		(3rd Earl of Queensberry; 1st Duke of Queensberry)
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/families/familydetails69.html (242 words)

	Select General Bibliography for Representative Poetry On-line
		Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, for Doig and Stirling, Edinburgh; and Baldwin, Cradock and Jay, London, 1816.
		Songs of the wilderness: being a collection of poems, written in some different parts of the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company, and in the wilds of Canada, on the route to that territory, in the spring and summer of 1844: interspersed with some illustrative notes.
		James, Charles Canniff A bibliography of Canadian poetry (English).
	rpo.library.utoronto.ca /display_rpo/bibliography_2001.html (5206 words)

	Details of King James VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		(2nd Earl of Arran and Duke of Châtelherault)
		(1st Earl of Panmure and Baron of Brechin and Navar)
		(1st Earl of Moray and Regent of Scotland)
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousdetails168.html (140 words)

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