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Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, born Natalie Scarritt Wales in Cohasset, Massachusetts in 1909 died on 14 January, 2013, aged 103. She grew up in Boston and New York City.

From her earliest years, she was a generous, outgoing and enthusiastic person of drive and great optimism. Her career began in 1939 when she learned of the devastation and isolation of Great Britain…

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It's National Hug Day and we're celebrating with Hugless Douglas, a huggable, lovable young brown bear who wakes up one morning in need of a hug and…

Assisted by Sally Douglas, I have been looking at ships bearing the name Douglas.  This was not an avenue I expected to be going down, and I certainly never expected to find so many. However, several of the vessels have very interesting histories.

So far, we have located three ships that met their fate at the hands of the German navy - U-boats in particular.

First to go was a…

Andrew Douglas-Home was honoured with an OBE in this year's New Year’s honours list for services to fishing and Scottish heritage, recognising his long involvement with two of the biggest visitor draws in the Scottish Borders, the River Tweed and Abbotsford House.

Mr Douglas-Home, from Coldstream, has been recognised for his three decades’ service with the River Tweed…

William Douglas was baptised on 13 Nov 1779 in Wicklow RC Parish Church. The address given was Kilnamanagh

Notes on his marriage and family's baptisms from microfilm CS6482 in the National Library Dublin 

He married Mary Byrne on 22 Nov 1823

The following are baptism records for his children

25 Aug 1824 Robert,  13 June 1826 Ann,   18 July 1829 Thomas (my greatgrandfather)

15 Feb 1831 John,     7 Sept 1832 Denis

On Williams death cert for 9 April…

In an open letter, Harold Edington has announced that he is standing down as the Clan Douglas Society for North America Regent for Kansas and Missouri.

Dear Clan Douglas members of Kansas, Missouri, and neighbouring states,

It is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be stepping down as CDSNA Regent for Kansas and Missouri;…

I was delighted to find the Douglas website. Well done on setting it up.

 The earliest record I have found for our family  is a baptism record in 1779 in Wicklow  Roman Catholic Parish records for William Douglas son of Billy Douglas and wife.  

William married and had a son Thomas who was our great grandfather .

I have been trying to find out how and when the Douglas family came to Co Wicklow. 

Deceased Online is a central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland -- a unique resource for family history researchers and professional genealogists.

Records for 18 more burial grounds, cemeteries and churchyards in Fife have…

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…

Two years ago, Douglas rode a five-foot fiberglass board, powered by a 96-square-foot kite, down an artificial channel in Lüderitz, Namibia, and hit a speed of 55.65 knots, or 64.04 miles per hour.

But on Nov. 16 an unorthodox craft called the Vestas Sailrocket smashed that record on Walvis Bay in Namibia, hitting an average speed of 59.23 knots, more than 68…

I received this interesting response to a question about Archibald Douglas, who changed his name to Campbell.

There are three Colins in the family tree at that time, according to "A Short History of Mains" which I happen to have left in my briefcase and can refer to right now.The first Colin was Laird of Mains and died in 1801, marked in the Wikipedia article as 15th. His brother Robert assumes the title on his death and has issue, firstly John who dies in 1803 (a year before his…

Bonaly Tower is located on the site of the 17th century farmhouse that once stood at the centre of the village of Bonaly, on the south-western outskirts of Edinburgh . On the directions of Lord Cockburn, the farmhouse was extended, and the village cleared to create his country residence. In 1839, the architect William Henry Playfair added an imitation peel tower to the…

 Lady Alice Douglas Pennant (born 1863, died in London at the age of 76 in March 1939) is a the centre of a mystery at the National Trust's 19th Century neo-Norman Penrhyn Castle in Gwynedd. 

Following a falling out between George Douglas-Pennant, Lord Penrhyn,   (1836-1907). -…

A gingerbread house was once three cottages owned by local farmers who can be traced back to the mid-18th century.

The properties were built using Hornton or ‘gingerbread’ stone that is a feature of many Oxford colleges.

Douglas House, in Chipping Warden, is named after one of the old farming families and has many period features including stone fireplaces and…

On 26th May 2011, new laws came into force in the UK that affect most web sites. If cookies are used in a site, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (UK Regulations) provide that certain information must be given to that site's visitors and the user must give his or her consent to the placing of the cookies.

The UK Regulations implemented into UK law the provisions of the amended E-Privacy Directive of 2009. The Directive required that…

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Elizabeth wife of Thomas HOPKINS of the Parish of Plumstead, died 25 March 1839 aged 31. Mr. John DOUGLASS, father of the above, died 2 July 1830 aged 47. Margaret wife of Sergeant Major LAZENBY of the Royal Artillery and daughter of above died 17 January 1846 aged (?41). Also Mary Douglass wife of above died 4 July 1849 aged 84.

Elizabeth cannot be 'the above' in all cases, so is John Douglass father of Elizabeth and Margaret,…