Jeanine Weyer's Page

One of the problems with tracing Vernon history is that Rayner, in his novel 'Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall'  began the process of interweaving Haddon Hall history, fiction, and tradition in such a way that it is difficult, if not impossible to ever separate them again.

The book refers to a Sir Thomas Douglas, but whether he was real or imaginary is impossible for me to say.

However, it is the more recent history that should perhaps interest us first. You infer that your husband's family can trace their history back to Douglas of Lochleven.  It would be helpful if we could see how that line goes back.  Who is the earliest Douglas that you can actually identify in a father to son descendentcy?

Then we can work from there.

Yours aye,

William