Catherine Douglas

LADY CATHERINE DOUGLAS (aka LADY KATHERINE DOUGLAS)

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

1657-1678: Legal papers following on bond by Sir William Ruthven of Dunglass and Lady Katherine Douglas, his spouse, to Robert Malpus and Margaret Ramsay, his spouse, assigned to George, Lord Ross. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Hall Family of Dunglass, East Lothian, reference GD206/6/35

Death

A date of death has not been identified for Lady Catherine Douglas. However, she died before 24 August 1663, the date upon which her husband's eldest child by his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Sinclair, was registered at Oldhamstocks in East Lothian, Scotland.

Genealogy

1. The Scots Peerage IV: 103
2. Stirnet: Ruthven 2
3. Darryl Lundy's Peerage

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY BY DARRYL LUNDY'S PEERAGE

Lady Catherine Douglas was born between 1633 and 1641. She was the daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and Lady Mary Gordon. She married Sir William Ruthven, son of Maj.-Gen. Sir John Ruthven and Lady Barbara Leslie, after 1648. From after 1648, her married name became Ruthven.

Citation: Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 1282. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.