William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry

William Douglas, Earl of Queensbury, 9th Feudal Baron of Drumlanrig.

Sir William was born circa 1582 and married Isobel Ker, daughter of Lord Newbottle. In 1628, Sir William entertained King James VI at his mansion in 1628, and was created Viscount Drumlanrig, and in 1633, Earl of Queensberry. He was the father of 4 sons and 2 daughters including James, eldest son and heir, and Sir William of Kelhead, whose descendants would figure quite prominently in the future of the Queensberry line. He died on 8 MAR 1638/39

• parents: Father: James (8th Baron of Drumlanrig) Douglas & Mary (of Wigtoun) Fleming b: ABT. 1563

Married:

1. 20 JUL 1603 to Isobel (of Lothian) Kerr, daughter of Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian and Margaret Maxwell.

Children

1. William (Sir) (of Kelhead) Douglas
2. Margaret (of Queensbury) Douglas = James (1st Earl of Hartfell) Johnstone
3. James (2nd Earl of Queensbury) Douglas
4. Archibald Douglas, father of William  of Dornock

Links

• http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/williamearlofqueensbury.htm
• http://thepeerage.com/p1776.htm#i17757  

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(Note well that this reference seems to have been cribbed from a site like Ancestry and have badly geolocated names, so take those with a grain of salt.)

5. WILLIAM5 DOUGLAS (James4, William3, James2, William1) was born in 1582. He died on 08 Mar 1639 in Durisdeer, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.

He married (1) ANNE AGNES KEITH in 1550. She was born in 1586 in Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland. She died on 30 May 1648 in Orkney, Scotland.

He married ISABEL KERR. She was born in 1594 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland. She died in 1628 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland.

William Douglas and Anne Agnes Keith had the following children:

i. JOHN6 DOUGLAS was born in 1611 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. He died on 27 Apr 1650 in Trabzon, Turkey.

ii. EUPHEMIA DOUGLAS was born in 1551 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. She died in 1586 in Yorkshire, England.

iii. MARGARET DOUGLAS was born in 1610 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. She died on 13 Mar 1678 in Scotland.

iv. ELIZABETH DOUGLAS was born in 1570. She died in 1631.

v. JEAN DOUGLAS was born in 1620 in Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. She died on 16 Feb 1623 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. She married James Home in 1841. He was born in 1620.

vi. GEORGE DOUGLAS was born in 1612 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland. He died on 19 Apr 1624 in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

7. vii. ROBERT DOUGLAS was born in 1562 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland. He died on 30 Nov 1584 in Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia. He married Jean Glamis Lyon on 19 Mar 1582 in Angus, Scotland. She was born on 25 Jul 1556 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. She died in Mar 1610.

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