Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton
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Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton (c. 1732–25 September 1774) was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
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In February 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had two sons:
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James 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...
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In February 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had two sons:
- 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) - Lt. Hon. Hamilton Douglas HalyburtonHamilton Douglas HalyburtonHamilton Douglas Halyburton was a British Lieutenant who died at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.-Biography:He was born on 10 October 1763 to Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton. He died on 31 December 1783 when he was in command of the barge of the . He was using it to chase deserters off of Sandy Hook...
(10 October 1763 – 31 December 1783) Lt. Hamilton died of exposure while commanding the barge of HMS AssistanceHMS Assistance (1781)HMS Assistance was a 50-gun Portland-class fourth rate of the Royal Navy. She was launched during the American War of Independence and spent most of her career serving in American waters, particularly off Halifax and Newfoundland. Assistance was the flagship of several of the commanders of the...
, which was caught in a snowstorm while going to look for deserters and wrecked on Sandy HookSandy Hook, New JerseySandy Hook is a barrier spit, approximately 6.0 miles in length and varying between 0.10 and 1 miles wide in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic Ocean coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. The barrier spit encloses the southern entrance of Lower New York Bay...
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