Baron Douglas of Douglas
Baron Douglas , of Douglas in the County of Lanark , is a hereditary British title of nobility , which was awarded once each in the Peerage of Great Britain and in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Awards
The title was first created on July 8, 1790 in the Peerage of Great Britain for MP Archibald Douglas . He was a son of Sir John Stewart, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Lady Jane Douglas, sister of Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas , and had inherited his family seat Castlemains near Douglas in South Lanarkshire from this uncle and adopted his family name. The title expired on the death of his younger son, the 4th Baron, in 1587.
On June 11, 1875, the title was recreated in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for Cospatrick Home, 11th Earl of Home . He was the son-in-law of the eldest daughter of the 1st Baron's first award and already held the title of Earl of Home and subordinate titles. His son, who later became the 12th Earl and 2nd Baron, added his family name to "Douglas Home" in 1877 when he inherited Castlemains when his mother died .
List of Barons Douglas, of Douglas
Barons Douglas (1790)
- Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas (1748–1827)
- Archibald Douglas, 2nd Baron Douglas (1773–1844)
- Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas (1775–1848)
- James Douglas, 4th Baron Douglas (1787-1857)
Barons Douglas (1875)
- Cospatrick Home, 11th Earl of Home , 1st Baron Douglas (1799–1881)
- Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home , 2nd Baron Douglas (1834–1918)
- Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home , 3rd Baron Douglas (1873–1951)
- Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home , 4th Baron Douglas (1903–1995) (title waiver 1963)
- David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home , 5th Baron Douglas (* 1943)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current Earl, Michael Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (* 1987).
See also
- Baron Douglas , of Ambresbury (1786)
- Baron Douglas of Lochleven (1791)
- Baron Douglas of Baads (1911)
- Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1948)
- Baron Douglas of Barloch (1950)
Individual evidence
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 13210, p. 373 , June 15, 1790.
- ^ The London Gazette: No. 24215, p. 2903 , June 4, 1875.
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Home, Earl of (S, 1604/5) at Cracroft's Peerage