William Douglas's Blog – December 2012 Archive (4)

According to the entry in the History section of the Douglas Archives, John Douglas, the second son of William Douglas of Leith (3 December 1696-) and Katherine Dunlop (of Garnkirk) (1695-1785c), was born about 1745 and baptised at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland on 15 December 1745.

The entry states that John Douglas married Cecilia Buchanan, the daughter of George Buchanan (1686-1773) and Cecilia Forbes (1715-),…

Getting the website right for the modern user is a problem that I am struggling to respond to.

Of the 11,000+ visitors to X-Factor finalist Jahmene Douglas's page in the past month, nearly 2,000 used a mobile phone or tablet.  However, my page design was done before…

I am hearing that a number of events are planned in Scotland to commemorate both the 500th anniversary of the battle of Flodden and 500 years of the Scottish Soldier. These will take place during September 2013.

However, I have no details yet.

The above watch was made by James Douglas of Chertsey in 1774. Described as: An 18^th Century English verge in silver pair cases.  Full plate fire gilt movement with square baluster pillars.  Pierced and engraved cock, pierced and engraved foot and plate for the silver regulator disc.  Fusee and chain with worm and wheel barrel setup between the plates. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. White enamel dial with Roman and Arabic…