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Clan Douglas (Gaelic: Dùbhghlas) is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands. Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders gained vast territories throughout the Borders, Angus, Lothian, Moray, and also in France and Sweden. The family is one of the most ennobled in the United Kingdom and has held ...
This category unites male-line descendants of the Scottish noble family of Douglas, their daughters and wives, even if they are or were using other surnames. It also contains buildings, structures and events that were heavily infuenced by them.
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History. A Concise History of the House of Douglas. During the sixteenth century there was told a legend of a knight in the year 767 AD who was rewarded with the Clydesdale lands in return for his aid rendered to the Scottish King at an opportune time. Of this tale there is not the slightest proof.
SS Douglas (1858), a paddle-steamer of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company which subsequently served military roles. SS Douglas (1864), the second steamer in the fleet of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company to bear the name. SS Douglas (1889), a packet steamer formerly called Dora, acquired in 1901 by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
History of the Douglas family. The origins of the Douglas family are lost in the mists of time. It is said that "In the margin, about one-third into The Book of Clan Douglas, Volume III, are written the words: `This is about the time when the Earth began'." (Mary Murray, nee Mary Douglas, of Earltown: 1991).
Alec Douglas-Home. Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC ( / ˈhjuːm /; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 until 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
