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Douglas is a common surname of Scottish
origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland and Ireland from which the surname may be derived. The surname has developed into the given name
Douglas
. According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash (which are derived from the Gaelic Mac Lùcais).
was firstly created baron, and then count, in Sweden. His main fief was the town of Skänninge
, and his wife brought in the estate where they had the manor of Stjernorp
erected. His descendants generally continued to reside in Sweden, some offshoots to Russia, Germany etc. The head of the house received in 1848 the title of Count (count of the entail of Mühlhausen
) also in peerage of the Grand Duchy of Baden
.
The main lineage did not produce long-lasting branches (except the russian branch, a few generations), until the riksmarskalk of Sweden (High Marshal), count Ludvig Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the late 1800s, had several sons and yet more grandsons. Branches starting from his sons and so:
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning "black stream". There are numerous places in Scotland and Ireland from which the surname may be derived. The surname has developed into the given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
Douglas
Douglas (given name)
Douglas is a Scottish and English masculine given name which originated from the surname Douglas. Although today the name is almost exclusively given to boys, it was used as girls name in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the north of England...
. According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash (which are derived from the Gaelic Mac Lùcais).
Visual arts
- Aaron DouglasAaron DouglasAaron Douglas was an African American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.-Early life:...
(1900–1979), American artist - John Douglas (architect)John Douglas (architect)John Douglas was an English architect who designed about 500 buildings in Cheshire, North Wales, and northwest England, in particular in the estate of Eaton Hall. He was trained in Lancaster and practised throughout his career from an office in Chester, Cheshire...
(1830–1911), English architect - Stan DouglasStan DouglasStan Douglas is an artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including Documenta IX, 1992, Documenta X, 1997, Documenta XI, 2002 and the Venice Biennale in 1990, 2001 and 2005...
(born 1960), Canadian artist
Literature
- Lord Alfred DouglasLord Alfred DouglasLord Alfred Bruce Douglas , nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet and translator, better known as the intimate friend and lover of the writer Oscar Wilde...
(1870–1945), British poet - David John DouglassDavid John DouglassDavid John Douglass AKA Dave or Danny the Red is a Tyneside and Yorkshire political activist and writer. He is a member of IWW, NUM, Class War and formerly of the Revolutionary Workers' Party and the Socialist Union of which he was a leading member .He worked as a coal miner in the coal fields of...
, political writer - Gavin DouglasGavin DouglasGavin Douglas was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for his poetry that he is now chiefly remembered. His principal pioneering achievement was the Eneados, a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil and the first...
(1474–1522), Scottish poet and bishop - Jack Douglas (writer)Jack Douglas (writer)Jack Douglas was an American comedy writer who wrote for radio, television and a series of humor books, beginning with the bestselling My Brother Was an Only Child .-Radio:...
(1908–1989), American comedy writer - John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury) (1721–1807), Scottish man of letters and Anglican bishop
- John E. DouglasJohn E. DouglasJohn Edward Douglas , is a former special agent with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation , one of the first criminal profilers, and criminal psychology author.-Early life:...
, author of horror novels - Keith DouglasKeith DouglasKeith Castellain Douglas , was an English poet noted for his war poetry during World War II and his wry memoir of the Western Desert Campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem. He was killed during the invasion of Normandy.-Poetry:...
(1920–1944), English poet of World War II - Marjory Stoneman DouglasMarjory Stoneman DouglasMarjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, writer, feminist, and environmentalist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development...
(1890–1998), American conservationist and writer - Mark Douglas-HomeMark Douglas-HomeMark Douglas-Home is an author and journalist, best known for having been the editor of The Herald newspaper in Scotland...
(1951–), Scottish editor-in-chief of The Herald in Glasgow, Scotland - Max DouglasMax DouglasMax Douglas is a Canadian comic book creator. Since approximately 1996, he has worked under the pen name of Salgood Sam which is derived from a reverse spelling of his name.-Biography:...
(born 1970), Canadian comic book creator - Michael Douglas (pen name Michael CrichtonMichael CrichtonJohn Michael Crichton , best known as Michael Crichton, was an American best-selling author, producer, director, and screenwriter, best known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted...
), American author - Norman DouglasNorman DouglasGeorge Norman Douglas was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.-Life:Norman Douglas was born in Thüringen, Austria . His mother was Vanda von Poellnitz...
(1868–1952), British writer - William Douglas-HomeWilliam Douglas-HomeWilliam Douglas Home was court-martialled in World War II for his refusal to obey orders as a British army officer and later became a successful British dramatist.-Early life:...
(1912–1992), British playwright
Music
- Alan Douglas (record producer)Alan Douglas (record producer)Alan Douglas is an American record producer who has worked with Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Lenny Bruce and the Last Poets. He runs his own record label, Douglas Records....
, American record producer - Ashanti (entertainer) (Ashanti Shaquoya Douglas) (born 1980), American R&B singer
- Barry DouglasBarry DouglasBarry Douglas OBE is a classical pianist and conductor. He studied piano, cello, clarinet and organ while growing up in Belfast. He first studied in Belfast while attending Methodist College Belfast and, at 16, had lessons with Felicitas LeWinter, a pupil of Emil von Sauer and grand-pupil of...
(born 1960), classical pianist and conductor - Carl DouglasCarl DouglasCarl Douglas is a former Jamaican-born, UK-based, singer, best known for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one in both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1974. The R.I.A.A. awarded gold disc status on 27 November, and it won a Grammy Award for Best Selling Single...
(born 1942), Jamaican-born singer - Carol DouglasCarol DouglasCarol Douglas is an American singer whose hit "Doctor's Orders" was a pioneer track in the disco genre.-Early life and acting career:...
(born 1948), American singer - Charles DouglassCharles DouglassCharles "Charley" Douglass , born Charles Rolland Douglass, was an American sound engineer, credited as the inventor of the laugh track.-Early years:...
(1910-2003), an American sound engineer - Chip DouglasChip DouglasDouglas Farthing Walter Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician , and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s...
, (Douglas Farthing Hatlelid) songwriter, musician, and record producer - Dave Douglas (musician), American drummer
- Dave Douglas (trumpeter)Dave Douglas (trumpeter)Dave Douglas is an American jazz trumpeter and composer whose music derives from many non-jazz musical styles, including classical music, folk music from European countries and Klezmer. He has been a member of the experimental big band Orange Then Blue...
(born 1963), American jazz composer and trumpeter - James Douglas (composer)James Douglas (composer)James Douglas is a Scottish classical composer.Douglas was born in Dumbarton. He was brought up in Edinburgh and moved to live in North West Scotland in 2006. Douglas has composed over 2000 works including music for a wide variety of instruments and a number of choral pieces...
(born 1932), Scottish composer - Jenny DouglasJenny DouglasJenny Douglas is a Scottish singer and actress. Douglas is most noted for her participation in the 2010 BBC talent-search Over the Rainbow.-Background:...
(born 1991), Scottish singer and actress - Jerry DouglasJerry DouglasJerry Douglas may refer to:*Jerry Douglas , actor, who was on The Young and the Restless for 25 years*Jerry Douglas, country/bluegrass musician*Jerry Douglas , director and writer of adult films such as, Score...
(born 1955), American country music and bluegrass musician - Jimmy DouglassJimmy DouglassJimmy Douglass is an American four-time Grammy winning recording engineer and record producer, whose prolific career has spanned more than four decades.-Career:...
, American record producer - John Douglas (drummer) (born 1973), drummer for English band Anathema (band)Anathema (band)Anathema are an English band from Liverpool primarily known for their ever evolving sound. Beginning as pioneers of the death/doom metal sub-genre, their later albums have been associated with genres such as alternative rock, progressive rock, art rock, new prog, and post-rock.-History:Anathema...
- K. C. DouglasK. C. DouglasK. C. Douglas was an American blues singer and guitarist.-Career:Born in Sharon, Mississippi, Douglas was a rural blues stylist in the San Francisco/Oakland area of California. Douglas was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whose "Canned Heat Blues" he adapted on his album, Big Road Blues...
(1913–1975), American blues musician - Steve Douglas (saxophonist)Steve Douglas (saxophonist)Steven Douglas Kreisman , better known as Steve Douglas, was an American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist. Douglas is best known as a Los Angeles session musician, a member of The Wrecking Crew, who worked with Phil Spector, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys...
(1938–1993), American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist - Tom Douglas (songwriter)Tom Douglas (songwriter)Thomas Stevenson "Tom" Douglas is an American country music songwriter. Active since the early 1990s, he has written Top Ten hits for John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Collin Raye and others....
, American country music songwriter
Business
- Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. was a United States aircraft industrialist and founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921 .-Early life:...
(1892–1981), Scottish businessman, founder of Douglas Aircraft - Gustaf DouglasGustaf DouglasCount Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas is a Swedish businessman and politician, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 2007....
(born 1938), Swedish businessman, vice chairman and largest single shareholder in security firm Securitas AB - James Douglas (businessman)James Douglas (businessman)James S. Douglas was a Canadian mining engineer and businessman who introduced a number of metallurgical innovations in copper mining....
(1867–1949), Canadian mining engineer and businessman - James Douglas, Jr.James Douglas, Jr.James Stuart Douglas, Jr , popularly known as Rawhide Jimmy, was a Canadian-American businessman and mining executive.-Biography:...
(born 1967), businessman and mining executive in Canada, USA and Mexico. - Walter Donald Douglas (1861-1912), businessman and Titanic casualty
Law
- Lori DouglasLori DouglasMadam Justice A. Lori Douglas is the Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council....
, Manitoba judge - Robert Dick DouglasRobert Dick DouglasRobert Dick Douglas was a North Carolina attorney who served as North Carolina Attorney General briefly in 1900-1901. He was believed to be the youngest attorney general in the state's history.-Early life and education:...
(1875–1960), American lawyer and son of Robert M. Douglas - Robert M. DouglasRobert M. DouglasRobert Martin Douglas was a North Carolina Supreme Court justice and political figure. At the beginning of his career, the young attorney served the Republican governor of the state and President Ulysses S...
(1849–1917), American judge, North Carolina Supreme Court justice - William O. DouglasWilliam O. DouglasWilliam Orville Douglas was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. With a term lasting 36 years and 209 days, he is the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court...
(1898–1980), American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Military
- Captain Andrew Snape DouglasAndrew Snape DouglasSir Andrew Snape Douglas was a distinguished Scottish sea captain in the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.-Family and early life:...
(1761-1797), Scottish sea captain in the Royal Navy - Lt. Col. Angus Falconer Douglas-HamiltonAngus Falconer Douglas-HamiltonLieutenant-Colonel Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.- Life :Born at Brighton in 1863, he was the son of Major...
(1863–1915), Scottish soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross - General, Count Archibald Douglas-StjernorpArchibald Douglas-StjernorpCount Vilhelm Archibald Douglas , was a Swedish nobleman and soldier, who served as Inspector and Supreme Commander of the Swedish Army from 1944 to 1948....
, Swedish military - Lt. Col. Campbell Mellis DouglasCampbell Mellis DouglasCampbell Mellis Douglas VC , was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1840–1909), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross - General Sir Charles W. H. Douglas (1850–1914), Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS)
- General Sir Howard DouglasHoward DouglasGeneral Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet, GCB, GCMG, FRS was a British military officer born in Gosport, England, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and a descendant of the Earls of Morton...
(1776–1861), British general and colonial administrator - Sir James Douglas, Lord of DouglasJames Douglas, Lord of DouglasSir James Douglas , , was a Scottish soldier and knight who fought in the Scottish Wars of Independence.-Early life:...
(James 'the Good', 1286–1330), Scottish soldier and knight in the Scottish wars of independence - Lord James DouglasLord James DouglasLord James Douglas was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.He was born at Douglas Castle, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas, and his wife Margaret Hamilton, a daughter of Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley....
(1617–1645), son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas - James H. Douglas, Jr.James H. Douglas, Jr.James Henderson Douglas, Jr. was a lawyer and senior-level official in the United States Government. He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, serving under both President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt...
(1899–1988), United States Secretary of the Air Force and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense - Sir James Douglas, 1st BaronetSir James Douglas, 1st BaronetAdmiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.-Naval career:Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744 In 1745 commanded the HMS Mermaid at Louisbourg and in 1746 he commanded the HMS Vigilante at Louisbourg. In 1746 was appointed Commodore of...
(1703–1787), Commodore for Newfoundland and Labrador - Admiral John Erskine Douglas (c. 1758–1847), British naval officer
- Admiral Peter John DouglasPeter John DouglasPeter John Douglas was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.He born at Portsmouth on 30 June 1787, the son of Admiral William Douglas...
(1787-1858), British naval officer - Field Marshal Robert Douglas (1727–1809), career soldier, field marshal of the Netherlands
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1893-1969), British airforce office
- William Douglas of Fingland, bc1680
Nobility
- Archibald I, Lord of DouglasArchibald I, Lord of DouglasArchibald of Douglas was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William of Douglas.The earliest attestation of his existence is in a charter of confirmation dated prior to 1198. This charter of Jocelin, Bishop of Glasgow, granted the rights of a toft in Glasgow to Melrose Abbey...
(d.c.1238), Scottish nobleman - Sir Archibald Douglas (d.1333) (k. 1333), Guardian of Scotland, leader of Scots army at Halidon Hill
- Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of DouglasArchibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of DouglasArchibald the Grim also known as Blak Archibald , 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell and Lord of Galloway was a late medieval Scottish magnate....
(Archibald the Grim, c.1328–1400), Scottish nobleman - Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas (1372–1424), Scottish nobleman and warlord, Duke of Touraine
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of DouglasArchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of DouglasArchibald Douglas was a Scottish nobleman and General, son of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter of Robert III...
(1390–1439), Scottish nobleman, de jure Duke of Touraine - Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus , was a late medieval Scottish magnate. He became known as "Bell the Cat"...
(1453–1514), warden of the east marches - Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 6th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman active during the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots...
(1490–1557) - Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 8th Earl of AngusArchibald Douglas, 8th Earl of Angus and 5th Earl of Morton was the son of David, 7th earl. He succeeded to the title and estates in 1558, being brought up by his uncle, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, a Presbyterian....
and 5th Earl of Morton (1556–1588) - Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of QueensberryArchibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of QueensberryArchibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry PC , styled Viscount Drumlanrig between 1837 and 1856, was a Scottish Conservative Party politician...
(1818–1858) - Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk (1663–1739), younger brother of 4th Duke of Hamilton
- Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of QueensberryCharles Douglas, 6th Marquess of QueensberryCharles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, KT was a Scottish peer.Douglas was the first son and heir of Sir William Douglas, Bt, and his wife, Grace, née Johnstone. He inherited his father's baronetcy in 1783...
(1777–1837), great-great-great-great-grandson of the 1st Earl of Queensberry - Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of QueensberryCharles Douglas, 3rd Duke of QueensberryCharles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, PC was a Scottish nobleman.The son of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover, and Mary Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan, was a Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland.He took up the cause...
and 2nd Duke of Dover (1698–1778) - David Douglas, 7th Earl of AngusDavid Douglas, 7th Earl of AngusDavid Douglas, 7th Earl of Angus was the son of George Douglas of Pittendreich and Elizabeth Douglas of the Pittendriech family.David married Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of John Hamilton of Samuelston, sometimes called 'Clydesdale John,' who was a brother of Regent Arran...
(c.1515–1558), grandson of George, Master of Douglas - David Douglas, 12th Marquess of QueensberryDavid Douglas, 12th Marquess of QueensberryDavid Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry is a Scottish nobleman.Queensberry is the elder son of the 11th Marquess, and his only son by his second wife, artist...
(1929–) - Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of SelkirkDunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of SelkirkDunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. Born Dunbar Hamilton, he was the grandson of Lord Basil Hamilton, younger brother to John Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Selkirk....
(1722–1799), grandnephew of 3rd Earl of Selkirk - Dunbar Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk (1809–1885)
- Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954), son of the 10th Marquess of Queensberry
- George Douglas, 1st Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus was born at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. The bastard son of William, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Dowager Countess of Mar & Countess of Angus and Lady Abernethy in her own right....
(1378–1402) - George Douglas, 4th Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 4th Earl of AngusGeorge Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Abernethy and Jedburgh Forest was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester. Known as the Great Earl of Angus, he succeeded to the Earldom following the death of his childless brother James...
(1429–1462) - George Douglas, Master of AngusGeorge Douglas, Master of AngusGeorge Douglas, Master of Angus was a Scottish Nobleman. The son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, he was born at Tantallon Castle and died at the Battle of Flodden....
(1469–1513) - George Douglas, 13th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 13th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton , styled The Honourable George Douglas between 1681 and 1730, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
(1662–1738), younger brother of the 12th Earl of Morton - George Douglas, 16th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 16th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton, KT was the son of Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton.He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1785 and served as their vice-president from 1795-1819...
(1761–1827) - George Douglas, 17th Earl of MortonGeorge Douglas, 17th Earl of MortonGeorge Sholto Douglas, 17th Earl of Morton , known as George Douglas until 1827, was a Scottish Tory politician....
(1789–1858), grandson of the 14th Earl of Morton - Guillelmo de Duglas, son of the mythical Sholto DouglasSholto DouglasSholto Douglas was the mythical Progenitor of Clan Douglas, a powerful and warlike family in Medieval Scotland.A Mythical battle took place: "in 767, between King Solvathius rightful king of Scotland and a pretender Donald Bane...
, progenitor of the House. Served Charlemagne in Italy in the late 8th century - Hugh the Dull, Lord of DouglasHugh the Dull, Lord of DouglasHugh the Dull was Lord of Douglas, a Scottish nobleman and cleric.The second son of William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas, William Wallace's companion in arms, and Eleanor Ferrers...
(1294–1342/1346) - James Douglas, 2nd Earl of DouglasJames Douglas, 2nd Earl of DouglasSir James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar was an influential and powerful magnate in the Kingdom of Scotland.-Early life:He was the eldest son and heir of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret, Countess of Mar...
(1358–1388), influential lord in the Kingdom of Scotland - James Douglas, 7th Earl of DouglasJames Douglas, 7th Earl of DouglasJames Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, 1st Earl of Avondale , known as "the Gross", was a Scottish nobleman. He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas and Joan Moray of Bothwell and Drumsargard , d...
(1371–1443) - James Douglas, 9th Earl of DouglasJames Douglas, 9th Earl of DouglasJames Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Earl of Avondale KG was a Scottish nobleman, last of the 'Black' earls of Douglas. He was a twin, the older by a few minutes, the younger was Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray....
(1426–1488) - James Douglas, 1st Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 1st Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton was created Earl of Morton in 1458. He was a descendant of Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray . He married Princess Joan Stewart , daughter of James I, King of Scots. His wife was buried in Dalkeith Church, Dalkeith...
(d.1493) - James Douglas, 3rd Earl of AngusJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of AngusJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest was a Scottish Nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester....
(1426)–1446) - James Douglas, 3rd Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton was a son of John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and a grandson of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Joan of Scotland, a daughter of James I of Scotland. He married Catherine Stewart, an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland by his mistress Marion...
(d.1548) - James Douglas, 5th Baron Drumlanrig (d.1498), son of the 4th Baron Drumlanrig
- James Douglas, 7th Baron DrumlanrigJames Douglas, 7th Baron Drumlanrig-Life:He was the son of Sir William Douglas, 6th Baron Drumlanrig and Elizabeth Gordon of Lochinvar....
(d.1578), son of the 6th Baron Drumlanrig - James Douglas, 4th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 4th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, jure uxoris 4th Earl of Morton was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four, since he did manage to win the civil war which had been dragging on with the supporters of the exiled Mary, Queen of...
(c.1525–1581), younger brother of 7th Earl of Angus; the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI - James Douglas, 8th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1615), grandson of the 7th Baron Drumlanrig
- James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (died 1671), son of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
- James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of DouglasJames Douglas, 2nd Marquess of DouglasJames Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas was the son of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and 1st Earl of Ormonde, and Lady Anne Stuart....
(1646–1699) - James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of QueensberryJames Douglas, 3rd Marquess of QueensberryJames Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry , known until 1711 as James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig, was a Scottish nobleman, eldest son to survive infancy of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry....
(1697–1715), lunatic and cannibal - James Douglas, Earl of AngusJames Douglas, Earl of AngusJames Douglas, Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and soldier.He was born at Douglas Castle, Douglas, South Lanarkshire...
(1671–1692), Scottish nobleman and soldier, son of the previous - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712), eldest son of William Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and his wife Anne
- James Douglas, 2nd Duke of QueensberryJames Douglas, 2nd Duke of QueensberryJames Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover was a Scottish nobleman.He was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and his wife Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.Educated at the University of Glasgow, he was appointed a...
and 1st Duke of Dover (1662–1711) - James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton (died 1686), younger brother of the 8th Earl of Morton
- James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton (died 1715), son of the 10th Earl of Morton
- James Douglas, 14th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 14th Earl of MortonJames Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT FRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death...
(c.1703–1768) - John Douglas, 2nd Earl of MortonJohn Douglas, 2nd Earl of MortonJohn Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton was the son of James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton and Princess Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton, daughter of James I of Scotland by his wife Lady Joan Beaufort. He became earl in 1493, upon his father's death...
(died 1513) - John Douglas, 7th Marquess of QueensberryJohn Douglas, 7th Marquess of QueensberryJohn Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry , styled Lord John Douglas from May to December 1837, was a Scottish Whig politician....
(1779–1856), younger brother of the 6th Marquess of Queensberry - John Douglas, 9th Marquess of QueensberryJohn Douglas, 9th Marquess of QueensberryJohn Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry GCVO was a Scottish nobleman, remembered for lending his name and patronage to the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" that formed the basis of modern boxing, for his outspoken atheism, and for his role in the downfall of author and playwright Oscar...
(1844–1900), Scottish nobleman - John Douglas, 21st Earl of MortonJohn Douglas, 21st Earl of MortonJohn Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton is a Scottish peer and landowner.Douglas was educated at Bryanston School and Canford School. He succeeded to the earldom in 1976, upon the death of his first cousin, the 20th Earl...
(born 1927), grandson of the 19th Earl of Morton - John Douglas, Lord Aberdour (born 1952), son and heir of the 21st Earl of Morton
- John Douglas, Master of Aberdour (born 1986), son and heir of the Lord Aberdour
- Margaret DouglasMargaret DouglasMargaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland...
(1515–1578), the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor - Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920), son of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry
- Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of MortonRobert Douglas, 8th Earl of MortonRobert Douglas, Earl of Morton was a Scottish nobleman and Earl of Morton. He was the son of William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton and Lady Anne Keith, daughter of George Keith, 4th Earl Marischal...
(died 1649), son of the 7th Earl of Morton - Robert Douglas, 12th Earl of Morton (died 1730), younger brother of the 11th Earl of Morton
- Sholto DouglasSholto DouglasSholto Douglas was the mythical Progenitor of Clan Douglas, a powerful and warlike family in Medieval Scotland.A Mythical battle took place: "in 767, between King Solvathius rightful king of Scotland and a pretender Donald Bane...
(d.unknown), mythical progenitor of the House of Douglas - Sholto Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton (1818–1884), son of the 17th Earl of Morton
- Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of MortonSholto Douglas, 19th Earl of MortonSholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, was the son of Sholto John Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton , and Helen Watson, the daughter of James Watson of Saughton. He was a landowner and businessman....
(1844–1935), son of the 18th Earl of Morton - Sholto Douglas, 20th Earl of Morton (1907–1976), grandson of the 19th Earl of Morton
- Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of MortonSholto Douglas, 15th Earl of MortonSholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.In February 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society...
(1732–1774) - Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (1967–), son and heir of the 12th Marquess of Queensberry
- Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of SelkirkThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of SelkirkThomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk was a Scottish peer. He was born at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada at the Red River Colony.- Early background :Douglas was the seventh son of Dunbar...
(1771–1820), Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements in Canada - William I, Lord of DouglasWilliam I, Lord of DouglasWilliam of Douglas was a medieval nobleman of Flemish origin living in Clydesdale, an area under the control of the King of the Scots.-Enigmatic origins:...
(died c.1214) - William Longleg, Lord of DouglasWilliam Longleg, Lord of DouglasWilliam, Lord of Douglas , known as Longleg, was a Scoto-Norman nobleman.The years of the minority of King Alexander III featured an embittered struggle for the control of affairs between two rival parties, the one led by the nationalistic Walter Comyn, Earl of Menteith, the other by pro-English...
(c.1220–c.1274), Scoto-Norman nobleman - William the Hardy, Lord of Douglas (c.1240–1299), Governor of Berwick Castle, Scottish warrior and freedom-fighter
- William IV, Lord of DouglasWilliam IV, Lord of DouglasWilliam, Lord of Douglas was a short-lived Scottish nobleman, the son of Sir James Douglas and an unknown mother. Little is known of Lord Douglas's life, which he spent under the guardianship of Sir Archibald Douglas....
(d.1333) - William Douglas, Lord of LiddesdaleWilliam Douglas, Lord of LiddesdaleSir William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale was also known as the Knight of Liddesdale and the Flower of Chivalry. He was a Scottish nobleman and soldier active during the Second War of Scottish Independence.-Family:...
(c.1300–k.1353) - William Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas was a Scottish magnate.-Early Life:William Douglas was the son of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice Lindsay, and nephew of "Sir James the Good", Robert the Bruce's trusted deputy...
(died 1384) - William Douglas, 1st Baron DrumlanrigWilliam Douglas, 1st Baron DrumlanrigWilliam Douglas, 1st Baron Drumlanrig was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas. He fought against the English in the Hundred Years' War in France, where he was killed in action in 1427. He married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Sir Robert Stewart of Durisdeer, and had one son, William...
(died 1427), illegitimate son of the 2nd Earl of Douglas - William Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. The son of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus and Princess Mary of Scotland, he was a grandson of King Robert III....
(c.1398–1437) - William Douglas, 2nd Baron Drumlanrig (died 1458), son of the 1st Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas was a short-lived Scottish Nobleman. He was Earl of Douglas and Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and Annandale in Scotland, and de jure Duke of Touraine, Count of Longueville, and Sire of Dun-le-roi in France...
(c.1424–1440) - William Douglas, 8th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, 2nd Earl of Avondale was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and Beatrice Sinclair....
(1425–1452) - William Douglas, 3rd Baron Drumlanrig (died 1464), son of the 2nd Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 4th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1484), son of the 3rd Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 6th Baron Drumlanrig (died 1513), son of the 5th Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 9th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 9th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman and zealous supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.He was the eldest son of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt., by his spouse Agnes, daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal, and upon the death of Archibald Douglas, 8th Earl of...
(died 1571) - William Douglas, 6th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton was the son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven and Margaret Erskine, a former mistress of James V of Scotland. Sir William's half-brother from his mother's liaison with the king was James Stewart, Earl of Moray, Regent of Scotland from 1567 until his...
(1540–1606) - William Douglas, 10th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 10th Earl of AngusWilliam Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus was the son of William, the 9th Earl . He was a direct descendant of King James I through his paternal grandmother, Lady Agnes Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal....
(1553–1611) - William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640), son of the 8th Baron Drumlanrig
- William Douglas, 7th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 7th Earl of MortonWilliam Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist, who, on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1642, provided £100,000 for the cause by selling his Dalkeith estates to the Earl of Buccleuch...
(1582–1648) - William Douglas, 1st Marquess of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Marquess of DouglasWilliam Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and 11th Earl of Angus was a Scottish nobleman.-Master of Angus:William Douglas, Master of Angus was the eldest son of William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus and his Countess, Elizabeth Oliphant, eldest daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant...
(1590–1660), son of the 10th Earl of Angus - William Douglas, 9th Earl of Morton (died 1681), son of the 8th Earl of Morton
- William Douglas, 1st Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 1st Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry was a Scottish politician....
(1637–1695), Scottish politician - William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (died 1705), son of 1st Duke of Queensberry
- William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March (c.1696–1730/31), son of the 1st Earl of March
- William Douglas, 4th Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of QueensberryWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry KT was a Scottish nobleman.Born in Peebles, Queensberry was the only son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of March, and his wife, Lady Anne Hamilton....
(1724–1810), son of 2nd Earl of March - William Douglas of GlenbervieWilliam Douglas of GlenbervieSir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Knt. was a Scottish nobleman, who fell at Flodden.He was the second son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and his wife Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd...
(c.1473–1513) - Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767–1852), Scottish politician
- Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of HamiltonAlfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of HamiltonLieutenant Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon TD, DL was a Scottish nobleman and sailor.-Life and Succession:...
and 9th Earl of Selkirk (1862–1940) - Charles Douglas-Hamilton, 7th Earl of Selkirk (1847–1886), younger brother of 12th Duke of Hamilton
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of HamiltonDouglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of HamiltonAir Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, KT, GCVO, AFC, PC, DL, FRCSE, FRGS, was a Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator....
(1903–1973), aviator, politician and landowner - George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of SelkirkGeorge Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of SelkirkGroup Captain George "Geordie" Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, KT, GCMG, GBE, AFC, AE, PC, QC , was a Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician.-Early life:...
(1906–1994), younger son of the 13th Duke of Hamilton - James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...
(briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk) (1942–), younger son of the 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon - John Douglas-Hamilton, Master of Selkirk, Lord Daer (born 1978), son and heir of 11th Earl of Selkirk
- Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of HamiltonNina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of HamiltonNina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton . She was born in Salisbury, the daughter of Major Robert Poore, married Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and died in London....
and Brandon (1878–1951), the daughter of Major Robert Poore - William Douglas-Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton and 1st Earl of Selkirk (1635–1694)
- William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of HamiltonWilliam Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of HamiltonWilliam Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 9th Duke of Brandon, 2nd Duke of Châtellerault KT was a Scottish nobleman.-Biography:...
and 8th Earl of Selkirk (1845–1895) - Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of HomeCospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of HomeCospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home , styled Lord Dunglass until 1841, was a Scottish diplomat and politician...
(1799-1881), Scottish diplomat and politician - Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806–1884), British politician and nobleman
Politics
- Sir Adye DouglasAdye DouglasSir Adye Douglas was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886....
(1815–1906), Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player - Albert B. DouglasAlbert B. DouglasAlbert B. Douglas was the eldest of the five sons of Will and Clara Douglas. He was the first person born in Briercrest, Saskatchewan, Canada. A Saskatchewan wheat farmer, he was a member of parliament elected during the 28th Canadian Parliament on June 25, 1969 representing the Assiniboia...
(1912–1971), Canadian MP - Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
(1903–1995), British baron, politician, and prime minister - Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston GBE PC , born Aretas Akers and known as Aretas Akers-Douglas between 1875 and 1911, was a British Conservative statesman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until he was raised to the peerage in 1911...
(1851–1926), British statesman and politician - Aretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount ChilstonAretas Akers-Douglas, 2nd Viscount Chilston GCMG, PC , was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1933 and 1938.-Background and education:...
(1876–1947), British diplomat - Alexander Douglas (Orkney and Shetland), MP for Orkney and Shetland, Scotland
- Archibald Douglas (d. 1741)Archibald Douglas (d. 1741)Archibald Douglas 13th of Cavers came from an ancient Roxburghshire family with a strong Covenanting tradition. He was theheritable sheriff of Teviotdale, Roxburghshire and sat in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707-8...
(Archibald Douglas 13th of Cavers), Receiver-general for Scotland and MP for Dumfries Burghs - Archibald Douglas (1707-1778)Archibald Douglas (1707-1778)Lt General Archibald Douglas of Kirkton was Member of Parliament and an army officer.He was the son of William Douglas of Fingland and Elizabeth Clerk....
(Lt Gen Archibald Douglas of Kirkton), MP for Dumfriesshire, Scotland - Benjamin DouglasBenjamin DouglasBenjamin Douglas was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1861 to 1862.-Family:...
(1816–1894), Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut - Bob Douglas (politician)Bob Douglas (politician)Robert Oliver Douglas was born on January 25, 1932 to parents residing in Minnedosa. He is a farm leader and former Winnipeg City Councillor.Douglas joined the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture in 1956 as a youth director, and later became its executive secretary...
(born 1932) - Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas (1775-1848), MP for Lanarkshire, and a cricketer
- Charles Douglas (mayor) (1852–1917), Mayor of Vancouver
- Charles Douglas IIICharles Douglas IIICharles Gywnne "Chuck" Douglas, III is a former U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice....
(born 1942), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire and New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice - Charles Mackinnon DouglasCharles Mackinnon DouglasCharles Mackinnon Douglas was Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire .He won at a by-election in 1899, was re-elected in 1900, but lost in 1906....
(1865–1924), Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire - Denzil DouglasDenzil DouglasDenzil Llewellyn Douglas has been Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis since July 1995. He leads the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party. He is the longest serving Prime Minister Saint Kitts and Nevis has ever had....
(born 1953), Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis - Dick DouglasDick DouglasRichard Giles "Dick" Douglas is a former Scottish politician, having been a member of the British House of Commons firstly as a Labour Co-operative candidate, then latterly as a Scottish National Party member....
(born 1932), Scottish politician - Emmitt DouglasEmmitt DouglasEmmitt James Douglas was an African-American businessman from New Roads, Louisiana, who served as president of his state's National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1966 until his death....
(1926–1981), president of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966–1981 - Fred J. DouglasFred J. DouglasFred James Douglas was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he moved with his parents to Little Falls, New York in 1874. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College in 1895...
(1869–1949), United States Representative - Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...
(1818–1895), American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer - Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900–1980), American actress and politician
- Hima DouglasHima DouglasHima Ikimotu Douglas is a Niuean politician and former common roll member of the Niue Assembly. Douglas served as Niue's first High Commissioner to New Zealand, which is responsible for the island's defense and foreign affairs....
, Niuean politician - Ian Douglas (politician)Ian Douglas (politician)Ian Douglas is an attorney and politician from Dominica. He is the Member of Parliament for the Portsmouth Constituency. Since May 2005, he has been a member of the Cabinet of Dominica, currently serving as Minister of Tourism, Legal Affairs and Civil Aviation...
, attorney and politician from Dominica - James Douglas (governor)James Douglas (Governor)Sir James Douglas KCB was a company fur-trader and a British colonial governor on Vancouver Island in northwestern North America, particularly in what is now British Columbia. Douglas worked for the North West Company, and later for the Hudson's Bay Company becoming a high-ranking company officer...
(1803–1877), Scottish-Canadian governor of the colony of Vancouver Island - Jim DouglasJim DouglasJames H. Douglas is an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. A Republican, he was elected the 80th Governor of Vermont in 2002 and was reelected three times with a majority of the vote...
(1952–), American politician - John Douglas, MPJohn Douglas, MPJohn Douglas was a Tory politician. He was the son of Thomas Douglas of Grantham, a wealthy landowner, and Harriot Lucke.He was the Member of Parliament for Orford 1818 - April 1821 and for Minehead 12 April 1822 - 1826....
(abt1774-1838), MP for Orford and Minehead, England - John Douglas (Parliament)John Douglas (Parliament)Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet of Kelhead was Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire between 1741 and 1747.A descendant of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, he married Christian Cunningham, daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington, 2nd Bt.He was arrested in July 1746, on suspicion...
(abt 1708-1778), MP for Dumfries burghs - John Douglas (Queensland politician)John Douglas (Queensland politician)John Douglas CMG was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland.Douglas was born in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwarth...
(1828–1904), Premier of Queensland, Australia - John Douglas of BroughtonJohn Douglas of BroughtonHon. John Douglas of Broughton was the second son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of March.He was Member of Parliament for Peebleshire between 1822 and 1832....
(died 1832), Scottish politician - John St Leger DouglasJohn St Leger DouglasJohn St. Leger Douglas was an 18th century politician, a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain.He was Member of Parliament for Hindon from 1769, at a time when bribery was the norm in this constituency, til 1774, and Member of Parliament for Weobley 1774 - 23 May 1783, when he died.A...
(died 17830, MP for Hindon and Weobly. - Lewis Williams DouglasLewis Williams DouglasLewis Williams Douglas was an American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic.-Early life and education:...
(1894–1974), American politician, diplomat, businessman and academic - Lincoln Douglas, MP, Trinidad and Tobago Parliament politician
- Count Ludvig DouglasLudvig DouglasLudvig Vilhelm August Douglas, Count of Mühlhausen, Gondelsheim, Skenninge and Stjernorp, Lord of Langenstein and Stjernorp castles , was a conservative Swedish politician and official...
, riksmarskalk and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, peer of the Grand Duchy of Baden - Michael Douglas (politician)Michael Douglas (politician)Michael Douglas was a politician from Dominica. He served as Member of Parliament for the Portsmouth constituency and as well as a cabinet minister for a number of years before becoming the political leader of the Dominica Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
, d1992, Dominican politician - Paul DouglasPaul DouglasPaul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966...
(1892–1976), American economist and United States Senator from Illinois - Robert Douglas (New Zealand)Robert Douglas (New Zealand)Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie was a Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.He was educated at first in Jersey, completing his studies in Hampshire. He was gazetted into the 57th Regiment in 1854 and very quickly was on active service in the Crimean war...
, 19th century New Zealand MP - Roger DouglasRoger DouglasSir Roger Owen Douglas , is a New Zealand politician who formerly served as a senior New Zealand Labour Party Cabinet minister. He became arguably best-known for his prominent role in the radical economic restructuring undertaken by the Fourth Labour Government during the 1980s...
(born 1937), former New Zealand politician - Rosie DouglasRosie DouglasRoosevelt Bernard Douglas was a Dominican politician. In 2000 he was prime minister of the Caribbean island for eight months, from 3 February 2000 until his death later that year....
(1941–2000), Dominican politician - Stephen A. DouglasStephen A. DouglasStephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Northern Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed...
(1813–1861), American politician - Tommy DouglasTommy DouglasThomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...
(1904–1986), Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan, and father of Shirley Douglas - Walburga Habsburg Douglas (born 1958), Austrian-Swedish politician, member of the Swedish parliament since 2006
- Walter Douglas (governor)Walter Douglas (governor)Colonel Walter Douglas was one of seven sons of William Douglas of Baads and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre. One of his brothers was the surgeon John Douglas , another James, a physician and anatomist...
(1670–1739), Leeward Islands - Sir William Douglas, 4th BaronetSir William Douglas, 4th BaronetSir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, was a Member of Parliament.The son of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bt of Kelhead and his wife Christian Cunningham, daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington, 2nd Bt., he was a descendant of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry.He served as Member...
of Kelhead, MP for Dumfries Burghs - William Douglas (d. 1821)William Douglas (d. 1821)William Douglas of Almorness was an advocate and a British Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.Probably born in New York in about 1784, he was the son of James Douglas of Orchardton and Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of William Douglas of Worcester. He was educated at Edinburgh High School...
of Almorness, British MP - William Lewis DouglasWilliam Lewis DouglasWilliam Lewis Douglas was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 42nd Governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906....
(1845–1924), American politician - Lord William Douglas (William Robert Keith Douglas, 1783–1859), British MP
- James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of DouglasJames Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...
(born 1942), Scottish nobleman, Conservative politician - Bruce Douglas-MannBruce Douglas-MannBruce Leslie Home Douglas-Mann was a British politician.Bruce Douglas-Mann was born at Bexhill, Sussex, the son of a solicitor, Leslie John Douglas-Mann, MC....
(1927–2000), British politician - Edward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron PenrhynEdward Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron PenrhynEdward Sholto Douglas-Pennant, 3rd Baron Penrhyn , was a British Conservative politician.A member of the Douglas family headed by the Earl of Morton, Penrhyn was the son of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, and his first wife Pamela Blanche, daughter of Sir Charles Rushout, 2nd Baronet...
(1864-1927), British Conservative politician - Chief Alabo Graham-DouglasAlabo Graham-DouglasChief Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas was appointed Nigerian Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture in 1989, then Minister of Aviation in General Ibrahim Babangida's cabinet....
(born 1939), Nigerian politician
Sport
- Allan DouglasAllan DouglasAllan Craig Douglas is a former Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He played two List A matches for Bermuda in the 1996 Red Stripe Bowl. He also played in three ICC Trophy tournaments, including the 1982 event in which Bermuda finished as runners-up to...
(born 1958), Bermudian cricketer - Andy DouglasAndy DouglasAndy Douglas is a retired American professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he was a member of The Naturals alongside his tag team partner Chase Stevens.-Career:...
(born 1978), American professional wrestler - Barry Douglas (footballer)Barry Douglas (footballer)Barry Douglas is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Premier League club Dundee United as a left back...
(born 1989), Scottish footballer - Billy Douglas (rugby player)Billy Douglas (rugby player)William 'Billy' Douglas was a Welsh rugby union back who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales. Douglas was also a rugby referee, and officiated over four international matches.-Rugby career:...
(1863–1945), Welsh international rugby player - Bob DouglasBob DouglasRobert L. "Bob" Douglas was the founder of the New York Renaissance basketball team. Nicknamed the "Father of Black Professional Basketball", Douglas owned and coached the Rens from 1923 to 1949, guiding them to a 2,318-381 record...
(1882–1979), US-American sports manager, founder of the New York Renaissance - Bobby Douglas, American Olympian wrestler
- Bobby DouglassBobby DouglassRobert Gilchrist Douglass is a former American football quarterback in the NFL, who played most of his career with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him in the second round of the 1969 NFL Draft. During his career, he also played for the San Diego Chargers, the New Orleans Saints, the Oakland...
(born 1947), American football player - Bruce Douglas (rugby union)Bruce Douglas (rugby union)Bruce Andrew Ferguson Douglas is a Scottish rugby union footballer. He plays as a prop, and had been signed with French top 14 club Montpellier Herault from July 2008 up until March 2010 when it was confirmed that he was signed with Worcester Warriors...
(born 1980), Scottish rugby union footballer - Bryan DouglasBryan DouglasBryan Douglas is a former English footballer.During his career, he played for Blackburn Rovers from 1954 to 1969, totalling 438 league appearances and 100 goals. He also earned 36 caps and scored 11 goals for England. He appeared in two World Cups, in 1958 and 1962, appearing in all of England's...
(born 1934), English footballer - Caimin DouglasCaimin DouglasCaimin Christian Douglas is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the...
(born 1977), Dutch sprinter - Darl DouglasDarl DouglasDarl Douglas is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Eredivisie team Heracles Almelo.-External links:...
(born 1979), Dutch footballer - Dave Douglas (golfer)Dave Douglas (golfer)Dave Douglas was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.Douglas hailed from Newark, Delaware. Early in his career, he held the position of club pro at the Newark Country Club from 1940 until October 1942. After World War II, he joined the PGA Tour...
(1918–1978), American professional golfer - David Douglas (fighter)David Douglas (fighter)David Douglas is an American professional mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight division and is currently signed with Strikeforce.-MMA Career:...
("Tarzan" Douglas), American mixed martial artist - David Douglas (rower)David Douglas (rower)David G. A. Douglas is an Australian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.He was born in Melbourne.In 1968 he was a crew member of the Australian boat which won the silver medal in the eights event.-External links:*...
(born 1947), Australian rower - Harry DouglasHarry DouglasHarry Douglas, IV is an American football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Falcons in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville....
(born 1984), American footballer - Hugh Douglas (American football) (born 1971), American NFL football player
- Hughie DouglasHughie DouglasHugh "Hughie" Douglas is an Irish association footballer who plays for UCD. Hugh plays as a central or holding midfielder. He has made underage appearances for the Republic of Ireland at U15, U16 and Schoolboy level.-UCD:...
(born 1993), Irish football player - Jack Douglas (ice hockey)Jack Douglas (ice hockey)John "Jack" Douglas was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born in Trenton, Ontario....
(1930–2003), Canadian ice hockey defenceman - James Douglas (Buster Douglas, 1960–), American heavyweight boxer
- James Douglas (cricketer)James Douglas (cricketer)James Douglas was an English cricketer.Douglas was educated at Dulwich and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler for Cambridge University and Middlesex.He came from a cricketing family...
(1870–1958), English cricketer - Jason Douglas (boxer)Jason Douglas (boxer)Jason Douglas is a Canadian boxer best known to win the Commonwealth title 2002 in the heavyweight 91 kg/201 lbs limit division.-Amateur:...
(born 1980), Canadian boxer - Jimmy Douglas (American soccer)Jimmy Douglas (American soccer)Jimmy Douglas was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his career in the first American Soccer League . He earned nine caps with the U.S. national team, making his first appearance for the "Stars and Stripes" at the 1924 Summer Olympics...
- Jimmy Douglas (Canadian soccer) (born 1948)
- Jimmy Douglas (footballer), see Everton F.C. season 1891–92
- Jon DouglasJon DouglasJon Alexander "Jack" Douglas was a professional American tennis player and college football quarterback.-Early life:...
(1936–2010), American tennis player - Jonathan DouglasJonathan DouglasJonathan Douglas is an Irish football player who currently plays for Brentford. Douglas made his debut in the League of Ireland for Monaghan United aged 16...
(born 1981), Irish football player - Katie DouglasKatie DouglasKathryn Elizabeth “Katie” Douglas is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA...
(born 1979), American Women's National Basketball Association player - Kent DouglasKent DouglasKent Gemmell Douglas was a professional ice hockey defenceman and coach.-Early career:Douglas started his career with the Kitchener Canucks in the Ontario Hockey Association...
(1936–2009), Canadian Ice Hockey player - Laura DouglasLaura DouglasLaura Douglas is a Welsh hammer thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.74 metres, achieved in August 2010 in Hendon. This places her seventh on the British outdoor all-time list, behind Lorraine Shaw, Shirley Webb, Zoe Derham, Carys Parry, Sophie Hitchon and Sarah Holt. Douglas is also ranked...
(born 1983), Welsh hammer thrower - Luke DouglasLuke DouglasLuke Douglas is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League...
(born 1986), Australian professional rugby league footballer - Marques DouglasMarques DouglasMarques Lamont Douglas is an American football defensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 1999...
(born 1977), American footballer - Nathan DouglasNathan DouglasNathan James Douglas is an English athlete who specialises in the triple jump. He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg with a jump of 17.21 metres...
(born 1982), British triple jumper - Otis DouglasOtis Douglas-External links:* at the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum...
1911-1989), American football player - Phil DouglasPhil DouglasPhillip Brooks Douglas was an American baseball player.Douglas originally signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1912, but soon landed with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1915, he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers, then to the Chicago Cubs.In 1919, he was signed by the New York Giants. John McGraw had...
1890-1952), American baseball player - Rene R. DouglasRene R. DouglasRene R. Douglas Panama is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born into a Thoroughbred racing family, after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983. His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious...
(born 1967), Panamanian jockey - Robert Douglas (American football)Robert Douglas (American football)Robert Edward Douglas II is a free agent American football fullback who most recently played for the New York Giants in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Memphis....
(born 1982), American football player - Robert Douglas (footballer)Robert Douglas (footballer)Robert James "Rab" Douglas is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Dundee as a goalkeeper. He is a former Scotland international, and is known as a Motherwell F.C. supporter.-Celtic:...
, Scottish goalkeeper of Dundee FC - Robert Noel DouglasRobert Noel DouglasRobert Noel Douglas was an English cricketer and priest.He was educated at Dulwich and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University , Surrey and Middlesex as a right-handed batsman. His brothers A.P., James and Sholto also played first-class cricket.-External links:* *...
(1868–1957), English cricketer and priest - Ruben DouglasRuben DouglasRuben Enrique Douglas is a Panamanian-American professional basketball player. He is a 1.96 m 210 lb point guard-shooting guard.-Amateur career:...
(born 1979), Panamanian-American professional basketball player. - Sean DouglasSean DouglasSean Douglas is a New Zealand retired association football player, who is currently Technical Director of Football Federation Victoria.- Club career :...
(born 1972), New Zealand association football player - Shane DouglasShane DouglasTroy Alan Martin is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name "The Franchise" Shane Douglas. In the course of his career, which has spanned nearly three decades, Douglas has wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling and briefly...
(born 1964), American professional wrestler - Steve Douglas (darts player)Steve Douglas (darts player)Steve Douglas is an English darts player currently playing in British Darts Organisation events.Douglas won the 1995 WDF Europe Youth Cup, and made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000...
(born 1977), English darts player - Steve Douglas (skateboarder)Steve Douglas (skateboarder)Steve Douglas is a retired professional skateboarder, company owner and industry mogul from London, England, now living in California, USA.Born in 1967 in North London, Douglas began skating aged 10 at various skateparks in the city such as Uxbridge, Skate City, Rolling Thunder skate park, Crystal...
, professional skateboarder, company owner and industry mogul - Stuart DouglasStuart DouglasStuart Douglas is an English football player.-Career:Douglas began his career with Luton Town as a youth player, going on to make 146 football league appearances for the club...
(born 1978), English football player - Taz DouglasTaz DouglasTaz Douglas is a part-time Australian race driver.Douglas was born in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. Having scored numerous karting titles in his junior years - including the Ford Kart Stars Series in 2000 - Taz Douglas took time out from motor racing in 2003 and 2004 to pursue his other passion,...
(born 1984), Australian race driver - Toney DouglasToney DouglasToney Bernard Douglas is an American professional basketball player who plays for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association...
(born 1986), American professional basketball player - Troy DouglasTroy DouglasTroy Douglas is a former Dutch sprinter. Originally competing for Bermuda, he finished second at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 200 metres event, but he changed nationality to the Netherlands some time after...
(born 1962), Dutch sprinter - Ian Akers-DouglasIan Akers-DouglasIan Stanley Akers-Douglas was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Kent between 1929 and 1938...
(1902–1952), English cricketer
Engineering
- C. H. DouglasC. H. DouglasMajor C. H. Douglas MIMechE, MIEE, , was a British engineer and pioneer of the Social Credit economic reform movement.-Education and engineering career:...
(1879–1952), Scottish engineer and pioneer of the social credit concept - Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. was a United States aircraft industrialist and founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1921 .-Early life:...
(1892–1981), American aircraft industrialist
Mathematics
- Jesse DouglasJesse DouglasJesse Douglas was an American mathematician. He was born in New York and attended Columbia College of Columbia University from 1920–1924. Douglas was one of two winners of the first Fields Medals, awarded in 1936. He was honored for solving, in 1930, the problem of Plateau, which asks whether a...
(1897–1965), American mathematician and professor of mathematics - Ronald G. DouglasRonald G. DouglasRonald George Douglas is an American mathematician, best known for his work on operator algebras.Douglas was born in Osgood, Indiana. He was an undergraduate at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Louisiana State University as a student of Pasquale Porcelli...
(born 1938), American mathematician
Physics
- David DouglassDavid DouglassDavid H. Douglass is an American physicist at the University of Rochester. Prof. Douglass received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratories and MIT, he was appointed...
, American physicist and global-warming skeptic - James Douglas (physician)James Douglas (physician)James Douglas was a Scottish physician and anatomist, and Physician Extraordinary to Queen Caroline.One of the seven sons of William Douglas and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre, he was born in West Calder, West Lothian, in 1675...
(1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist - Michael R. DouglasMichael R. DouglasMichael R. Douglas is an American theoretical physicist and professor currently at Stony Brook University.Michael R. Douglas was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Nancy and Ronald G. Douglas, a mathematician specializing in operator algebras. He received his bachelor's degree in physics...
, American physicist at Rutgers University
Other scientists
- A.S. DouglasA.S. DouglasProfessor Alexander "Sandy" Shafto Douglas CBE was a British professor of computer science, credited with creating the first graphical Computer game OXO a tic-tac-toe computer game in 1952 on the EDSAC computer at University of Cambridge.Douglas died in sleep on April 29, 2010, from...
(1921–2010), British professor of computer science - John William DouglasJohn William DouglasJohn William Douglas was an English entomologist, chiefly interested in microlepidopteraJohn William Douglas was born 1814 in Putney. He became interested in insects whilst working at Kew Gardens and published many papers and books on entomology...
(1814–1905), English entomologist - Mary DouglasMary DouglasDame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism....
(born 1921), British anthropologist
Radio, television and film
- Angela DouglasAngela DouglasAngela Douglas , born Angela McDonagh, is an English actress.-Early life:She was born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire...
(born Angela McDonagh in 1940 ), English actress - Bill DouglasBill DouglasWilliam Gerald Forbes Douglas was a Scottish film director best known for the trilogy of films about his early life.-Biography:...
(1934–1991), Scottish film director - Cameron DouglasCameron DouglasCameron Morrell Douglas is an American actor.- Early life and family :Douglas was born in Santa Barbara, California, the elder son of actor Michael Douglas and only child of Diandra Morrell Douglas and grandson of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. He has appeared in four films:...
(born 1978), American actor and drug dealer - Clare DouglasClare DouglasClare Douglas is a British film editor who received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the 2006 film United 93. Douglas has worked extensively on British television, and she has been nominated four times for BAFTA Television Editing Awards.-Biography:...
, British film editor - Colin Douglas (actor)Colin Douglas (actor)Colin Douglas was an English actor. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Douglas was educated at the Farm School in Cumberland...
(1912–1991), British stage and television actor - D. C. DouglasD. C. DouglasD.C. Douglas is an American character actor, voice actor, and director now living in Los Angeles. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California. His father was a salesman, and his mother was an artist and writer. His grandparents were vaudeville performers...
(born 1966), American actor and director - Don DouglasDon DouglasDon Douglas was a film actor, born Donald Douglas on 24 August 1905 in Kinleyside, Scotland, UK.He appeared in over 100 films from the late 1920s to the 1940s including The Great Gabbo , Life Begins , Men in White , Madame X , Cheers for Miss Bishop , Now, Voyager , Little Tokyo, U.S.A. , Tall in...
(1905–1945), Scottish film actor - Donald Douglas (actor)Donald Douglas (actor)Donald Douglas is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows including Doctor Who, Blake's 7, and The Avengers....
, British actor - Donna DouglasDonna DouglasDonna Douglas is an American actress best known for her role as Elly May Clampett, in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies.-Early life:...
(born 1933), American actress - Eric DouglasEric DouglasEric Anthony Douglas was an American actor who appeared in several movies and television shows and was also a stand-up comedian.-Early life and career:...
(1958–2004), American actor, son of Kirk Douglas - Gordon Douglas (director)Gordon Douglas (director)Gordon Douglas was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.-Hal Roach and Our Gang:...
(1907–1993), American actor and director - Hal DouglasHal DouglasHal Douglas is a retired American voice actor best known for his work on movie trailers and television commercials.-Life and career:...
(born 1924), voice actor - Illeana DouglasIlleana DouglasIlleana Douglas is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and producer.-Background:Douglas is a granddaughter of the actor Melvyn Douglas and his first wife, artist Rosalind Hightower, and has said that her grandfather's performance in Being There, in particular, was influential on her own...
(born 1965), American actress - Jack Douglas (actor)Jack Douglas (actor)Jack Douglas, born John Roberton was an English actor most famous for his roles in the Carry On films.- Career :...
(1927–2008), English actor - James Douglas (actor)James Douglas (actor)James Douglas is an American actor probably best known for his role as Grant Colman on As the World Turns ....
(born 1933), American soap opera actor - Jason DouglasJason DouglasJason Douglas is an American stage and film actor who is gaining increasing visibility of late by breaking into mainstream film and television work. He is also a known anime voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000.-Anime Voices:* A.D...
, American stage, film, and voice actor - Joel DouglasJoel DouglasJoel Douglas is an American movie producer.The second son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, he was born one day after his mother's 24th birthday...
(born January 23, 1947), American movie producer, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill - Kirk DouglasKirk DouglasKirk Douglas is an American stage and film actor, film producer and author. His popular films include Out of the Past , Champion , Ace in the Hole , The Bad and the Beautiful , Lust for Life , Paths of Glory , Gunfight at the O.K...
(born 1916), American actor, producer, director, author - Kyan DouglasKyan DouglasKyan Douglas was the grooming expert on the American television program Queer Eye.-Biography:Born as Hugh Edward Douglas, Jr. in Miami, Florida, Kyan Douglas was raised in Tampa and Tallahassee. He has a sister, Kelli...
(born 1970), American cosmetologist - Melvyn DouglasMelvyn DouglasMelvyn Edouard Hesselberg , better known as Melvyn Douglas, was an American actor.Coming to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man , Douglas later transitioned into more mature and fatherly roles as in his Academy Award-winning performances in Hud...
(1901–1981), American actor - Michael DouglasMichael DouglasMichael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the...
(born 1944), American actor and producer, son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill - Michael KeatonMichael KeatonMichael John Douglas , better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor known for his early comedic roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice . Keaton is also famous for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Tim Burton's...
, born Michael John Douglas (born 1951), American actor - Mike Douglas (1925–2006), American entertainer and former TV talk-show host
- Paul Douglas (actor)Paul Douglas (actor)Paul Douglas was an American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer.-Career:...
(1907–1959), American actor - Paul Douglas (cameraman)Paul Douglas (cameraman)Paul Douglas was a British CBS News cameraman, who, along with soundman James Brolan, was killed in an explosion in Iraq on 29 May 2006. CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier was critically injured in the attack...
(1958–2006), British CBS News cameraman - Peter DouglasPeter DouglasPeter Vincent Douglas is an American television and film producer, a son of actor Kirk Douglas and his second wife, Anne Buydens. His middle name was given him in homage to Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant, tortured artist whom his father was playing in the film Lust for Life when he was born...
(born November 23, 1955), American television and film producer, son of Kirk Douglas - Robert Douglas (actor)Robert Douglas (actor)Robert Douglas was born as Robert Douglas Finlayson in Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire. He was a successful stage and film actor, a television director and producer....
(born 1909), stage and film actor, television director and producer - Róbert Ingi DouglasRobert Ingi DouglasRóbert Ingi Douglas is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who made his feature film debut with Íslenski draumurinn . That film became a sleeper hit in the summer of 2000 becoming one of Iceland's biggest box-office hits that year...
(born 1973), Icelandic film director - Saba Douglas-HamiltonSaba Douglas-HamiltonSaba Iassa Douglas-Hamilton is a Kenyan wildlife conservationist and television presenter.-Early life:Born on a farm near Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, she is the daughter of zoologist, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and Oria Douglas-Hamilton née Rocco. Saba means "seven" in Swahili...
(born 1970), television presenter and naturalist - Sarah DouglasSarah DouglasSarah Douglas is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the Kryptonian supervillain Ursa in the first two Superman movies , and for her role as Pamela Lynch in the 1980s primetime drama series Falcon Crest .-Early life:Douglas was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the...
(born 1952), English actress - Shirley DouglasShirley DouglasShirley Jean Douglas, OC is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics.-Personal life:...
(born 1934), Canadian actress, former wife of Donald Sutherland, mother of Kiefer Sutherland - Steve Douglas (radio personality)Steve Douglas (radio personality)Steve Douglas is an American radio personality. He hosts a late-night program in Denver, Colorado . His program, the Steve Douglas Show, broadcasts on 850 KOA for two hours on Sunday nights/Monday mornings...
, late-night radio personality from Denver, Colorado - Steve Douglas (sportscaster)Steve Douglas (sportscaster)Steve Douglas was a Canadian sportscaster, most notably with CBC Sports.Douglas was a sports anchor for CBLT in Toronto and an announcer for the CFL on CBC from 1953-1965...
, Canadian sportscaster - Suzzanne Douglas (born 1957), American film, television and stage actress
- Vivien Endicott-DouglasVivien Endicott-DouglasVivien Endicott-Douglas is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Marnie in the television series Shoebox Zoo. Her works include films such Finn on the Fly and the made-for-TV movie Fox, based on the story of Canadian hero Terry Fox...
(born 1990), Canadian actress - Martha Howe-DouglasMartha Howe-DouglasMartha Howe-Douglas is an English actress, best known for playing the receptionist Donna Parmar in the BBC One daytime soap, Doctors. She has appeared in the children's series Horrible Histories, and as Lady Anne in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom "The Castle"....
, British actress - Richardo Keens-DouglasRichardo Keens-Douglas-External links: at Internet Movie Database...
, Canadian film and stage actor
Other fields
- Alexander Douglas Douglas (1843–1914), Australian inspector of police and explorer
- Charlie DouglasCharlie DouglasCharles Edward Douglas came to be known as Mr. Explorer Douglas owing to his extensive explorations of the West Coast Region of New Zealand and his work for the New Zealand Survey Department...
(Charles Edward Douglas), New Zealand explorer, surveyor, and Royal Geographical Society Gill Memorial Prize winner (1840–1916) - David C. DouglasDavid C. DouglasDavid Charles Douglas was a historian of the Norman period at the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. He joined Oxford University in 1963 as Ford's Lecturer in English History, and was the 1939 winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.-Works:* William the Conqueror: The Norman...
(1898–1982), British historian - David Douglas, Lord RestonDavid Douglas, Lord RestonDavid Douglas, Lord Reston was a Scottish judge and the heir of Adam Smith.He was born on 24 July 1769, in Strathendry, the fifth and youngest son of Col...
(born 1769), Adam Smith's heir - Gordon Douglas (monk)Gordon Douglas (monk)Gordon Douglas has traditionally been seen as the first European to become ordained as a Bhikkhu in Southeast Asia although Laurence Carroll and others are now understood to have been earlier. He was ordained in Siam in 1899 or 1900 and assumed the name Bhikkhu Asoka or Ashoka. There are...
, Bhikkhu monk - James Douglas (journalist)James Douglas (journalist)James Douglas was a British critic, newspaper editor and author.Douglas edited The Star from 1908 to 1920, then the Sunday Express until 1931. He was a supporter of censorship, and called for several books to be banned, most notably The Well of Loneliness.-References:...
(1867–1940), British newspaper editor, author and critic - Sir James Nicholas DouglassJames Nicholas DouglassSir James Nicholas Douglass, FRS, , was an English civil engineer, a prolific lighthouse builder and designer, most famous for the design and construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse, for which he was knighted....
, British civil engineer and lighthouse designer - James W. DouglassJames W. DouglassJames W. "Jim" Douglass is an American author, activist, and Christian theologian born in 1937. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University. He and his wife, Shelley Douglass, founded the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in Poulsbo, Washington, and Mary’s House, a Catholic Worker house in...
, American author, activist, and Christian theologian - James W. B. Douglas, social researcher
- John E. DouglasJohn E. DouglasJohn Edward Douglas , is a former special agent with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation , one of the first criminal profilers, and criminal psychology author.-Early life:...
(born 1945), FBI agent and criminal profiler - Ken DouglasKen DouglasKen Douglas, ONZ is New Zealand's best known contemporary trade union leader.As President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions until 1999 Douglas led the union movement in New Zealand for over fifteen years. His union career started in the Driver's Union...
(born 1934), New Zealand trade union leader - Lloyd C. DouglasLloyd C. DouglasLloyd Cassel Douglas born Doya C. Douglas, was an American minister and author.He was born in Columbia City, Indiana, spent part of his boyhood in Monroeville, Indiana, Wilmot, Indiana and Florence, Kentucky, where his father, Alexander Jackson Douglas, was pastor of the Hopeful Lutheran Church...
(1877–1951), American minister and author - Michael Dutton Douglas (1945–1963), road accident victim
- Robert Douglas (minister)Robert Douglas (minister)Robert Douglas was the only minister of the Church of Scotland to be Moderator of the General Assembly five times.Douglas officiated at the coronation of Charles II at Scone in 1651...
(1594–1674), Scottish minister - Robert Douglas (bishop)Robert Douglas (bishop)Robert Douglas was a seventeenth- and early eighteenth Scottish churchman. Son of Robert Douglas of Kinmonth, a relative of the Earls of Angus, he was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, before beginning life as a preacher around 1650...
(died 1716), Scottish churchman - Sir Robert Douglas, 6th BaronetSir Robert Douglas, 6th BaronetSir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 6th Baronet was a notable genealogist responsible for one of the major works on Scottish families, The Baronage of Scotland.-Works:...
(Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 1694–1770), Scottish genealogist - Robert M. Douglas (doctor)Robert M. Douglas (doctor)Robert Matheson Douglas AO MB BS Adel MD MA FRACP FRACGP FAFPHM . He studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1959. In 1967 he took up a position as Specialist Physician and Deputy Medical Superintendent of the Port Moresby hospital in Papua New Guinea.- Life :Robert M. Douglas...
(born 1936), Chairman of Australia 21 - Stephen Douglas (journalist)Stephen Douglas (journalist)Stephen Douglas is a British journalist, currently working for ITN as the North of England Correspondent.He reports for the flagship programme ITV Evening News and the News at Ten...
, British journalist - Stephen DouglassStephen DouglassStephen Douglass is an American actor-singer.Born Stephen Fitch in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Douglass has had a distinguished theatrical career and has appeared occasionally on television. He was the last performer to play Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway production of Carousel and he created the...
, American actor - Sue DouglasSue DouglasSue Douglas is a British media executive and former newspaper editor.Susan Douglas began her career in 1978, after graduating with a first class Honours degree in Physiology and Biochemistry, with management consultants Andersen Consulting, then became a medical journalist with Haymarket Publishing...
(born 1957), British media executive and former newspaper editor - Walter DouglasWalter DouglasWalter Douglas is a Scottish drug trafficker and organized crime figure, dubbed the Tartan Pimpernel by the press, who is one of the richest in the United Kingdom with an estimated worth of £20 million...
, Scottish drug trafficker - William Douglass (engineer)William Douglass (engineer)William Tregarthen Douglass was the Chief Engineer for the Commissioners of Irish Lights in the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. He is responsible for a number of their designs of lighthouses and associated structures. He was a consulting engineer for lighthouse construction for...
(1857–1913), British civil engineer and lighthouse designer
Counts Douglas in continental Europe
Field Marshal Robert DouglasRobert Douglas, Count of Skenninge
Robert Douglas , Count of Skenninge, Baron of Skalby, was a Scottish Field Marshal in the Swedish army, during the Thirty Years' War and the Swedish-Polish wars...
was firstly created baron, and then count, in Sweden. His main fief was the town of Skänninge
Skänninge
Skänninge is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,242 inhabitants in 2005. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby....
, and his wife brought in the estate where they had the manor of Stjernorp
Stjärnorp Castle
Stjärnorp Castle is situated north of Linköping, in the southern province of Östergötland, Sweden. It was built by the Douglas Family, with a view over Lake Roxen.- History :...
erected. His descendants generally continued to reside in Sweden, some offshoots to Russia, Germany etc. The head of the house received in 1848 the title of Count (count of the entail of Mühlhausen
Mühlhausen
Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.-History:...
) also in peerage of the Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918.-History:...
.
The main lineage did not produce long-lasting branches (except the russian branch, a few generations), until the riksmarskalk of Sweden (High Marshal), count Ludvig Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the late 1800s, had several sons and yet more grandsons. Branches starting from his sons and so:
- von Douglas-Langenstein, descendants of count Robert, eldest son of the High Marshal Ludvig. They hold the castle of Langenstein in Baden-WurttembergBaden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany - von Reischach-Douglas, a cadet grandson of said count Robert
- Douglas-Gerstorp, the branch (settled to Sweden) descending from the youngest son of said Robert
- Douglas-Stjernorp, the branch descending from the Swedish general Archibald Douglas, second son of the High Marshal Ludvig. In this branch, there's the castle of Stjärnorp, reacquired to the family in c1875
- Douglas-Kolfall, the branch descending from Oscar, youngest son of the High Marshal Ludvig.
External links
- Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Teil 2,3: Estland, Görlitz 1930 Genealogy handbook of Baltic nobilityBaltic nobilityThe Baltic nobility was the privileged social class in the territories of today's Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously since the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana...