October 2020 Blog Posts (4)

I am loking for help identifying these ladies, all named Jane.

• JANE DOUGLAS, who is known to have been born in 1811 and to have married in 1841, Robert
  
  Douglas of Lockerby. She died in 1874.
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  JANE BROWN DOUGLAS was born 20/Apr/1810 and is known to have married Alexander
  
  Farquhar Crawford of Edinburgh.
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  JANE DOUGLAS was born 09/Jan/1760 and is known to have married the Rev. William van
  
  Mildert, Bishop of Durham on 22/Dec/1795. She…

C1865 Earl Of Morton Conaglen Ardgour Cased, Alexander Henry Martini Action 577x450 Obsolete Calibre Carbine & Accessories. Sn 17472…

Just before 3am on 12 May 1824, a crew of Guards officers, wearing red and white broad striped jackets, straw hats and loose trousers, took to the water at Oxford’s Folly Bridge in a six-oared wherry. Among them was Edward Douglas, later Baron Penrhyn (left).

They had come together to decide a bet between Captain Charles Short of the Coldstream Guards and…

The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020 recognises the outstanding achievements of people across the United Kingdom.

Our congratulations go to:

Jonathan David DOUGLAS, Chief Executive, National Literacy Trust, who has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to Education in London

and

Erskine Decourtney DOUGLAS who has been appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Finance in London. He is an Accredited…