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Douglas, Sholto Charles, ca. 1732-1774
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ca. 1732-1774
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DOUGLAS, SHOLTO CHARLES, 15TH EARL OF MORTON (S), second son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (S) KT FRS FSA, President Royal Society, and his first wife Agatha, dau. of James Halyburton, Pitcur, Forfarshire; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1740 (Lloyd's); left 1747; styled Lord Aberdour 1738-68; Glasgow Univ. 1748, Leyden Univ. 1751; raised a corps of Light Dragoons, of which he was Capt. -Commandant 19 Dec 1759; half-pay from 1763; one of the Lords of Police, Scotland from 1760; succ. father as 15th Earl of Morton (S) 12 Oct 1768; in Italy for health 1773-4; m. 19 Nov 1758 Katherine, fourth dau. of Hon. John Hamilton; d. at Taormina, Sicily 25 Sep 1774.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.