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June 2019 Blog Posts (8)

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Added by William Douglas on June 28, 2019 at 15:53 — No Comments

Dubh Ghlase newsletter article

Article from the Dubh Ghlase newsletter

https://www.facebook.com/download/438083097024814/William%20Douglas%20Interview%202019.pdf?av=1362687605&eav=AfYQOM3ZqDgO_ky6vjL_RZ_AAp5HlD1L2iYWNAVujhSCx8T0qXSXXIZbhDUe5gS_llw&hash=AcpEkqsQNrY-kEmD…

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Added by William Douglas on June 25, 2019 at 18:40 — No Comments

Opportunity to acquire a former Douglas property

Another former Douglas property has come onto the market.

Strathenry House was built for Robert Douglas Esq. local landowner, and is described in the New Statistical Account as "a very handsome building, in the style of the old English manor house of Queen Elizabeth's time".

Strathendry Castle, now superseded by the modern mansion, is a…

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Added by William Douglas on June 20, 2019 at 11:30 — No Comments

Digging deep to find the Dutch/French connection

I have been rooting around in the French Ministry of Culture's database (I know, I know) and found a photograph of the tomb of Jean-Louis Désiré, Baron of Bois-David, and his wife Christine-Hélène Jeanne of Douglas, which is in St. Martin Parish Churchyard, Wilwisheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace - presumably their burial place.

I now know that Thede Boisdavid…

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Added by William Douglas on June 17, 2019 at 22:30 — No Comments

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan and Constable of France

I have included this article on the strength of his marriage - and because I like his portrait.



John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (c. 1381 – 17 August 1424) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier who fought alongside Scotland's French allies during the Hundred Years War. In 1419 he was sent to France by his father the Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, with…

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Added by William Douglas on June 15, 2019 at 22:51 — No Comments

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Our congratulations go to Steven Douglas. Group chief executive Officer Altair. For services to the Housing Industry. (London) who has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in HM The Queen's 2019 birthday…

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Added by William Douglas on June 9, 2019 at 10:30 — No Comments

Ellot Angus to Liddesdale map to soldier Hermitage Castle for the Douglas Earls of Angus

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on June 3, 2019 at 18:11 — No Comments

Kelly Castle of Ellot from 14th-17th century?

https://canmore.org.uk/site/35644/kellie-castle

https://canmore.org.uk/event/691366…

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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on June 3, 2019 at 17:44 — No Comments

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The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

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