Charles Douglas Bt. FRS (1727 - 1789)

Born 1727 in Carr, Perthshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Uranie Lidie (Marteilhe) Douglas — married 23 Jun 1760 (to 17 Jul 1769) in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1789 at about age 62 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Biography

RAdm. Sir Charles Douglas Bt. FRS served with Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Charles Douglas Bt. FRS is a member of Clan Douglas.

RAdm. Sir Charles Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Rear Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Baronet of Carr (1727 – 17 March 1789) was a descendant of the Earls of Morton and a distinguished British naval officer. He was born in Carr, Perthshire, Scotland to Charles Ayton Douglas and Christian Hepburn of Kinglassie. Little is known of his early life, although it is established that he could speak six languages. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of twelve, and spent some time in the Dutch service before resuming his career with the British.

Douglas was married three times: first to a Dutch woman called Uranie Lidie Marteilhe, with whom he had a son and a daughter; second to Sarah Wood of Yorkshire, the mother of Sir Howard Douglas; and third to a woman named Jane, daughter of John Baillie.

When his eldest daughter, Lydia Mariana, married Rev. Richard Bingham against his wishes, he disinherited her. Following his death, Lydia and her husband sued for a share of his estate, and the case was appealed until finally being decided against them in the House of Lords in 1796. The case is made famous because of a letter Lydia had written to Adam Smith, a friend and distant relative of Sir Charles, requesting his assistance in reconciling the father and daughter.

The song “Caillich Odhar” was composed by Nathaniel Gow in his honor.

Sources

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Douglas,_1st_Baronet
• http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?BioId=35982
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p49907.htm#i499068

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Morton." 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, Limited, 1907.82. Print.

• WordDisk biography[1]