'Douglas10'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Douglas of Brigton, Douglas of Whytriggs

                               
James Douglas (a 1634, parson of Glenbervie)
m. Grizel Irvine (dau of Alexander Irvine of Beltie, cadet of Drum)
1. Robert Douglas of Nether Kilmonth
  m. Margaret Sibbald of Balgony
A. Robert Douglas, Bishop of Brechin then Dunblane (b 1625, d 22.04.1716)
  m1. _ Irvine (dau of Alexander Irvine, 10th of Drum)
  i. Robert Douglas (d unm 13.03.1746, minister of Bothwell)
  m2. (mcrt 09.07.1661) Elizabeth Lammy (dau of Rev. Sylvester Lammy of Dunkenny)
  ii. Sylvester Douglas of Whytriggs or Whiteriggs (d 1729)
  m. (30.08.1695) Margaret Keith (dau of George Keith of Whytriggs)
a. George Douglas of Skelmuir, ' of Whytriggs' had issue
  m. (Isabella) Scott (dau of James Scott, 5th of Logie)
  b. Robert Douglas (d unm c1735)
  c. John Douglas of Fechel (d 28.04.1762)
  m1. Margaret Gordon (dau of James Gordon, 3rd of Fechel)
(1) Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (b 24.05.1743, d 02.05.1823)
  m. (25.09.1789) Catherine Anne North (d 06.02.1817, dau of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guildford, 8th Lord North, Prime Minister)
  (A) Frederick Sylvester North Douglas (b 03.02.1791, dvpsp, MP)
  m. Harriet Wrightson (dau of William Wrightson of Cusworth, m2. Hon. Henry Hutchinson, brother of Earl of Donoughmore)
  (2) Katharine Douglas
  m. James Mercer of Sunnybank & Auchnacant (Major)
m2. (19.02.1754) Margaret Forbes (dau of Thomas Forbes of Echt)
  d. Elizabeth Douglas
  m. John Howe of Whitehaven (Captain)
  e. Margaret Douglas (d 1754)
  m. (1727) Patrick Stirling (d 11.1745, son of Charles, 3rd of Kippendale)
  iii. James Douglas (d unm)
  iv. William Douglas, Provost of Forfar
  m. Marjory Gray (dau of William Gray of Invereighty by Margaret Erskine, dau of 7th Earl of Buchan)
a. Robert Douglas, 1st of Brigton (Douglastown, Angus) (bpt 03.05.1701, d 02.12.1750)
  m. Anne Hunter of Burnside
  (1) William Douglas, 2nd of Brigton (b 18.01.1745, d 28.09.1814)
  m. Elizabeth Graham (d 15.11.1816, dau of Robert Graham, 11th of Fintry)
  (A) Robert Douglas, 3rd of Brigton (b 17.04.1773, d 08.08.1835) had issue
  m. (24.06.1802) Elizabeth Read (d 1857, dau of Alexander Read of Logie, widow of David Webster (formerly Wedderburn))
(B) Graham Douglas (b 19.12.1783, d 1813, Major, 5th son) had issue
  (C) Archibald Murray Douglas (b 17.01.1790, d 1822, Major) had issue
  m. (1814) Anne Webster (dau of David Webster, formerly Wedderburn, by Elizabeth, dau of Alexander Read of Logie)
  (D) Margaret Douglas (b 02.01.1770)
  m. (02.06.1794) David Hunter of Burnside (Captain)
  (E) Ann Douglas (b 24.06.1771, d 02.12.1845)
  m. (24.06.1798) John Guthrie of Guthrie
  (F)+ other issue - Robert (b 04.09.1768, d infant), Sir William (b 05.07.1778, d unm 25.08.1818, Colonel), David (b 02.06.1780, d 1802), Helen (b 15.03.1775, d young), Elizabeth (b 15.12.1776), Jean (b 14.04.1782), Helen (b 28.02.1787), Catharine (b 06.03.1789, d unm 28.01.1827)
  b. Margaret Douglas apparently of this generation
  m. John Smith, 2nd of Smithfield
  v. Katherine Douglas
  m. George Rait of Dundee
  vi. Susan Douglas
  m. Charles Whyte of Dundee
  vii. daughter
  m. _ Dixon, Profost of Forfar
2.+ other issue

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Douglas of Brigton)
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