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In 1342 succeeded by Hugh's nephew (by Sir James' youngest half-brother Archibald), William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, (1327–1384) Archibald the Grim (circa 1330–1400), Lord of Galloway succeeded his once removed cousin as Earl of Douglas in 1388. By 1333 the 'bloody heart' was incorporated in the arms of Sir James' son, William, Lord of ...
Sir James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington (died 11 February 1656) was the second son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant. He was created, by King Charles I , a Lord of Parliament on 14 November 1641 as Lord Mordington.
James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith (after 1372 – before 22 May 1441) was a Scottish nobleman born in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland to Sir James Douglas and Agnes Dunbar. James (the father) was the brother of Nicholas Douglas, 1st Lord of Mains .
When in 1458, James Douglas, lord Dalkeith, was to receive the name 'Morton' for his intended earldom, a protest was presented against this creation, asserting correctly that the lands of Mortoun belonged heritably to his step-grandmother, Janet Borthwick, widow of Sir James Douglas, known as 1st Lord of Dalkeith, and to her son William Douglas ...
It appears, however, that this pledge was intended to draw the Earl of Morton into a conspiracy that included the Bishop, Lord Boyd and his party. [3] Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd who, as one of the Regents during the minority of James III of Scotland , took possession of the young king and married his son to the king's elder sister, for which ...
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry (1662–1711), also 1st Duke of Dover; James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (1697–1715), lunatic and cannibal; James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 1942), former MP and MSP, also briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk; James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington (died 1656)
James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale (1371 – 24 March 1443), latterly known as James the Gross, and prior to his ennoblement as James of Balvenie, was a late mediaeval Scottish magnate. [1] He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard (now Cambuslang), d. after ...
James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548 [1]) was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland, a daughter of James I of Scotland. He married Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion Boyd. The couple had three ...