Sir
James
Douglas First Lord Mordington
formerly Douglas
Born in Glenbervie, Kincardine Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary (Douglas) Douglas Countess of Linlithgow, William (Douglas) Douglas First Marquess of Douglas, Francis Douglas and Elizabeth Douglas
Husband of
Anne (Oliphant) Oliphant Lady Mordington
— married
1624 in Scotland
Husband of
Elizabeth Hay
— married
after 1639 in Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
William (Douglas) Douglas Second Lord Mordington and Anne Douglas
Died
at about age 65
in Mordington, Berwickshire Scotland
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1st Lord Mordington 1641 - 1656 |
Succeeded by William Douglas (bef.1626-aft.1671) |
Biography
James (Douglas) Douglas First Lord Mordington is Notable.
James (Douglas) Douglas First Lord Mordington is a member of Clan Douglas.
Sir James Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Sir James (Douglas) Douglas First Lord Mordington was a Prisoner of War during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms at the Battle of Worcester.
James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington, was born in 1591 in Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland. He was the second son of William Douglas and Elizabeth Oliphant.[1][2]
He married firstly, Anne Oliphant in July 1642 in Scotland, only child of Laurence, Fifth Lord Oliphant[3] They had issue:
- William, 2nd Lord Mordington, m. Elizabeth Sempill, daughter of Hugh, Lord Sempill
- James, b. abt. 1638
- Anne, m. Robert, seventh Lord Sempill
He married secondly, Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Francis, Earl of Errol, widow of Hugh, Lord Sempill. [4]
James died on February 11, 1656, in his hometown at the age of 65.
Sources
- ↑ Johnston, George Harvey, "The heraldry of the Douglases : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees", Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1907, Archive.org, p. 53
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 331
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 332
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909, Vol. VI, Archive.org, p. 333
See also:
- Wikipedia: James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington
- Wikidata: Item Q6132753, en:Wikipedia
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