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Doughty, Peter Arthur, son of Donald Arthur Doughty of Streatham and Evelyn Grace, d. of Henry Edward Merry; b. 12 July 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (A); left July 1954; a computer consult.; m. 29 Feb. 1964 Judie Francis Elizabeth Barrow; d. 28 Apr. 2006.

DOUGLAS, ---; at school Christmas 1792.

DOUGLAS, ALEXANDER SHOLTO; b.; at school 21 Apr 1800; in school list 1801 (as S. Douglas); left before May 1803.

DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD JAMES EDWARD, 1ST BARON DOUGLAS, son of Col. Sir John Stewart, Bart., of Grandtully, and his second wife Lady Jane Douglas, dau. of James Douglas, 2nd Marquis of Douglas (S), and sister of Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas (S); b. 10 Jul 1748; previously at Rugby Sch., adm. 1759; at Westminster School 1761-5 (in school list Jun 1764); served heir of entail and provision to the Duke of Douglas 9 Sep 1761, when he assumed the surname of Douglas in lieu of Stewart; his right to the Douglas estates was disputed by the Duke of Hamilton, the heir male of the family, on the ground that he was a suppositious child of Lady Jane; the estates were confirmed to him by the House of Lords 27 Feb 1769, reversing an earlier decision by the Court of Session; MP Forfarshire 11 Feb 1782-90; created Baron Douglas (GB) 8 Jul 1790; Lord Lieut. Forfarshire from 6 May 1794; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1771 Lady Lucy Graham, dau. of William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose; m. 2nd, 13 May 1783 Lady Frances Scott, dau. of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (qv); d. 26 Dec 1827. DNB.

DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD; b.; adm. 22 Jan 1766.

DOUGLAS, CHARLES, EARL OF DRUMLANRIG, younger son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (S) and 2nd Duke of Dover (GB) PC, Lord Justice General of Scotland, and Lady Catherine Hyde, second dau. of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon; b. 17 Jul 1726; at Winchester Coll. 1734-41; adm. Feb 1741/2 (Preston's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1745; MP Dumfriesshire Jul 1747 - 18 Nov 1755; styled Lord Charles Douglas to 1754, becoming Earl of Drumlanrig by courtesy on his elder brother’s death 19 Oct 1754; at Lisbon at date of the great earthquake of 1 Nov 1755; member, Society of Dilettanti 1753; d. unm. 24 Oct 1756.

DOUGLAS, CHARLES; b.; adm. 14 Mar 1785. [Doubtless kin (brother ?) of William Douglas, adm. same day]. [Identified by Whitmore as Charles Douglas, 3rd Baron Douglas, second son of Archibald James Edward Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas (qv); b. 26 Oct 1775; at Eton Coll. 1785-92; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1793; BA 1797; MA 1803; migr. to All Souls Coll., Fellow 1803-34; adm. Lincoln’s Inn [check date], called to bar 26 May 1802; MP Lanark 12 Aug 1830-2; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Douglas 27 Jan 1844; d. unm. 10 Sep 1848]

DOUGLAS, HON. FREDERICK SYLVESTER NORTH, only son of Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC KC FRS FSA, and Hon. Catherine Anne North, eldest dau. of Frederick North, Lord North PC KG MP (afterwards 2nd Earl of Guilford), Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury; b. 8 Feb 1791; adm. 4 [or 5] Mar 1801; left 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1806, Canoneer Student; 1st cl. Classics 1809; BA and MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Dec 1807; MP Banbury from 1812; FRS 1 May 1817; author, An essay on certain points of resemblance between the Ancient and Modern Greeks, 1813; m. 19 Jul 1819 Harriet, eldest dau. of William Wrightson MP, Cusworth, Yorkshire; d. 21 Oct 1819. DNB.

DOUGLAS, GEORGE, son of Andrew Douglas, Great Suffolk Street, London, and Mary (Mercer ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 1 Mar 1754 (IGI); in school list Jun 1764; KS (aged 13) 1767; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1772, matr. 17 Jun 1772, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1772 - void 29 Jun 1782; BA 1776; MA 1779; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jun 1770. [father perhaps Paymaster to Treasurer of Navy ?]

DOUGLAS, JAMES ST. LEGER, brother of John St. Leger Douglas (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 (Smalridge's); left 1748; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 12 Jun 1753; Lieut. and Capt. in Army 3 Sep 1756; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards 5 Jun 1758; Lieut. -Col. in Army 26 Jan 1763; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3rd Foot Guards 25 Mar 1768; retd. 1773; British Consul in Naples 28 Aug. 1779 until his death; knighted 20 Apr. 1785; d. 6 May 1795.