William Douglas
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of Douglas
- William Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas was a Scottish magnate.-Early Life:William Douglas was the son of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay, and nephew of "Sir James the Good", Robert the Bruce's trusted deputy...
(c. 1327–1384) - William Douglas, 6th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas was a short-lived Scottish Nobleman. He was Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale in Scotland, and de jure Duke of Touraine, Count of Longueville, and Sire of Dun-le-roi in France...
(1425–1440) - William Douglas, 8th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice Sinclair....
(1425–1452)
of Angus
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. The son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Princess Mary of Scotland, he was a grandson of King Robert III....
(c. 1398–1437) - William Douglas, 9th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 9th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and zealous supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.He was the eldest son of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt., by his spouse Agnes, daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal, and upon the death of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of...
(1533–1591) - William Douglas, 10th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 10th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus was the son of William, the 9th Earl . He was a direct descendant of King James I through his paternal grandmother, Lady Agnes Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal....
(1552–1611) - William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus (1590–1660) (created Marquess of Douglas in 1633 when he resigned the earldom which was regranted with the marquessate)
of Morton
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton was the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven and Margaret Erskine, a former mistress of James V of Scotland. Sir William's half-brother from his mother's liaison with the king was James Stewart, Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland from 1567 until his...
(1540–1606) - William Douglas, 7th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 7th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist, who, on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1642, provided £100,000 for the cause by selling his Dalkeith estates to the Earl of Buccleuch...
(1582–1648)
Lords of Douglas
- William I, Lord of DouglasWilliam I, Lord of DouglasWilliam of Douglas was a medieval nobleman of Flemish origin living in Clydesdale, an area under the control of the King of the Scots.-Enigmatic origins:...
(died c. 1214) - William Longleg, Lord of DouglasWilliam Longleg, Lord of DouglasWilliam, Lord of Douglas , known as Longleg, was a Scoto-Norman nobleman.The years of the minority of King Alexander III featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English...
(c. 1220–1274) - Sir William Douglas the Hardy (c.1240–1299), Scottish soldier and governor of Berwick Castle
- William IV, Lord of DouglasWilliam IV, Lord of DouglasWilliam, Lord of Douglas was a short-lived Scottish nobleman, the son of Sir James Douglas and an unknown mother. Little is known of Lord Douglas's life, which he spent under the guardianship of Sir Archibald Douglas....
(died 1333)
Other nobles
- William Douglas of GlenbervieWilliam Douglas of GlenbervieSir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt. was a Scottish nobleman, who fell at Flodden.He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and his wife Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd...
, k. 1513 at the Battle of Flodden - William Douglas, Lord of LiddesdaleWilliam Douglas, Lord of LiddesdaleSir William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale was also known as the Knight of Liddesdale and the Flower of Chivalry. He was a Scottish nobleman and soldier active during the Second War of Scottish Independence.-Family:...
,(k. 1353) - Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale, Scottish knight, (murdered 1392)
- William Douglas, Duke of HamiltonWilliam Douglas, Duke of HamiltonWilliam Douglas-Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Hamilton, KG, PC , born Lord William Douglas, was the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and his second wife Lady Mary Gordon, a daughter of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly...
(1635–1694) - William Douglas, 1st Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 1st Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish politician....
(1637–1695) - Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet (died 1809), Scottish landowner and founder of Castle Douglas
- Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt of KelheadSir William Douglas, 4th BaronetSir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, was a Member of Parliament.The son of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bt of Kelhead and his wife Christian Cunningham, daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington, 2nd Bt., he was a descendant of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry.He served as Member...
, MP for Dumfries Burghs - William Douglas, 4th Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry KT was a Scottish nobleman.Born in Peebles, Queensberry was the only son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton....
(1725–1810) - William Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1893–1969), senior commander in the Royal Air Force
Others
- William O. DouglasWilliam O. DouglasWilliam Orville Douglas was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. With a term lasting 36 years and 209 days, he is the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court...
(1898–1980), United States Supreme Court justice - William O. Douglas, American who in 1878 received a patent for a lenticular truss bridge
- William H. DouglasWilliam H. DouglasWilliam Harris Douglas was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Douglas attended private schools and the College of the City of New York.He entered the exporting and importing trade....
(1853–1944), U.S. Representative from New York - William Lewis DouglasWilliam Lewis DouglasWilliam Lewis Douglas was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 42nd Governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906....
(1845–1924), governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906 - William Robert Keith DouglasWilliam Robert Keith DouglasLord William Robert Keith Douglas was a British politician and landowner. He was the fourth son of Sir James Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead and younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry...
(1783–1859), British politician and landowner - William Douglas (colonel)William Douglas (colonel)William Douglas was an American military officer who led regiments from Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War....
(1742-1777) American Revolutionary War officer - William Douglas (footballer)William Douglas (footballer)William "Hugh" Douglas was a Scottish football goalkeeper. He was born in Dundee. He played for Ardwick, Newton Heath, Derby County, Blackpool, Warmley and Dundee.-Blackpool:...
, former Newton Heath and Blackpool footballer - William Douglas (boxer)William Douglas (boxer)William "Dynamite" Douglas was an American boxer. His son is former world heavyweight champion, James "Buster" Douglas....
, American boxer - William Douglas (poet) (c.1672–1748), probable author of the poem Annie LaurieAnnie LaurieAnnie Laurie is an old Scottish song based on poem by William Douglas of Dumfries and Galloway. The words were modified and the tune was added by Alicia Scott in 1834/5. The song is also known as Maxwelton Braes.-William Douglas:...
- William Douglas (Canadian politician)William Douglas (Canadian politician)William Douglas was a farmer, lumber merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1886 to 1892 as a Conservative member....
, representative from New Brunswick - William Douglas (Northern Ireland politician)William Douglas (Northern Ireland politician)William Albert Boyd Douglas was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Douglas worked as a farmer and served as a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force during World War II...
(born 1921), Orangeman and Assembly member - Bill DouglasBill DouglasWilliam Gerald Forbes Douglas was a Scottish film director best known for the trilogy of films about his early life.-Biography:...
, Scottish film director - Bill Douglas (musician)Bill Douglas (musician)Bill Douglas is a Canadian musician, composer, pianist, and bassoonist whose works received influence from classical music, jazz, African, Brazilian and Indian music, 1970s funk and many other genres....
, Canadian musician - Billy DouglasBilly DouglasBilly Douglas was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist.Douglas played with Larry Ringold while young, both of them having been house in the same boys' institution. He played locally in his teens, and moved to New York City in 1932 as a member of Earle Howard's band. He played with Percy Nelson...
, American jazz trumpeter and vocalist - Billy Douglas (politician)Billy Douglas (politician)William Douglas, known as Billy Douglas, was a prominent unionist activist in Northern Ireland.Douglas served in the British Army during World War I, under Herbert Dixon. When Dixon was elected for Belfast Pottinger at the UK general election, 1918, he appointed Douglas as his secretary...
, Northern Irish unionist activist
See also
- Douglas BaronetsDouglas BaronetsThe Douglas of Glenbervie, Kincardine Baronetcy was created on 28 May 1625 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. The Douglas of Kelhead, Scotland Baronetcy was created 26 February 1668 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia....
(several people called William Douglas) - William Douglass (disambiguation)