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 158 DOUGLAS. in!» England, where, on the accession of Edward IV, he was received with great favour, receiving a pension aud being or. K.G. about 1461, The Pari, [S.] offered in 14S2 a reward for his capture and death. He joined the Duke of Albany [8.] in an invasion of Scotland, but was defeated aud taken prisoner, 22 July 1 IS I, near Lnchmaben. He was sentenced to become a monk at Lindores Abbey, where within four years time he difd. He m. firstly (dispensation Feb. 1452/3) the widow of bia brothel-, the late Earl, which Lady obtained a divorce from him when his forfeiture made him no longer a desirable partner. [See particulars of her, under the late Earl.] Wheu in England he Itt. secondly, Ann, widow of Sir John Nkvill (slain 1 161), relict formerly of John Nevill. styled Lord Nevill, da. of John (Holand), Duke of Exeter, by his 2d wife Anne, da. of John (Mont.utte), Eahl of Salisbury. She d. 25 Dec. 14S6, being mother of Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, her s. and h., then aged 30P 1 ). The Earl's death is given as 15 April 1 4 S8, but also as occurring after that of Kiug James III [S.] on 11 June in that year. He was bur. at Lindores Abbey. Marquessate [S.] 1. William (Douglas), Eahl of Angus [S.], b. I 16.33 am * u ' °^ William, the 10th Earl, by Elizabeth, da. of Lawrence (Oliniant), 7th Lord Oi.H'hant [S.], sue. his Father 3 Starch 1611. The hospitality and grandeur kept by him at the Castle of Douglas is said to have exceeded that of any other nobleman in the realm. He was Chief Lieut, on the Borders. Having resigned his claim (as Earl of Angus) " to the privilege uml preroga- tive of the first sitting and voting " in Parliament on the 13th (''), he was, on the 14 June 1663, cr. MARQUESS OF DOUGLAS, EAHL OF ANGUS, LORD A15EKNETIIY AND JED11URGH FOREST [S.], with rem. to his heirs male and successors for ever. He joined the Marquess of Montrose in 1643, but capitulated soon after with the ruling powers. He was fiued £ 1,000 by Cromwell's act of grace in 1654. He m. firstly, in 1601, Margaret, sister of James, 1st Earl ok Abercohn [S.J, da. of Claude (Hamilton), 1st Lord Paisley [S.] bv Margaret, da. of George (Seton), Lord Seton [S.] She rf. 11 Sep. 1623, aged 38. M.I. He m. secondly, 15 Sep. 1632, Mary, 3rd da. of George (Gordon), 1st Marquess of Huntly [S.J by Henrietta, da. of Esme (Stuart), Duke of Lennox [S]. He d. 19 Feb. 1660 in his 71st year, and was bur. at Douglas. M.I. His widow d. 1674, in her 64th year. [Archibald Douglas, styled " Loud Douglas, Master of Angus "1613, but, after 1633. sti/led Earl of Angus 1st s. and h. ap. by 1st wife ;(<) h. about 1609 ; was an extraordinary Lord of Session [S.l 9 Feb. 1639, continued by act of Pari. 13 Nov. 1641 ; High Chamberlain at the Coronation [S.], 1 Jan. 1651, of Charles II, by whom, 3 April 1651, he was cr. EARL OF ORMOND, LORD BOTHWELL AND HARTSIDE [S.]. with rem. to the heirs male by his second marriage( d ). He, like his Father, was fined £4,000 by Cromwell's act of Grace, 1654. He m. firstly (contract Nov. 1629 and May 1630) Anne, 2nd da. of Esme (Stuart), 3rd Duke of Lennox [S.J, by Katharine, suo jure Baroness Clifton of Leiohton Brcmswold. She who was bap. at St - Anne's, Blackfriars, 23 Nov. 1614, d. 16 Aug. 1646 in her 32nd year, and was bur. at Douglas. He m. secondly, 26 April 1649, at Wemyss, Jean, lBt da. and coheir of David (Wemyss), 2nd Earl of Wemyss [S.] by his first wife Jean, da. of Robert (Balfour), Lord Balfour of Burleigh [S.] He d. v.p., at Edinburgh, 15 April 1655. His widow, who had n jointure of 12,000 marks, m. 11 Aug. 1659, George (Gordon), Earl of Sutherland [S], who d. i March 1703 aged 70. She d. Jan. 1715.] (3) Archibald, Earl of Moray [S.], slain 1 May 1455 ; (4) Hugh, cr. Earl of Orinond [S.] 1445, executed 1455 ; (5) Sir John Douglas, Lord of Balveny, forfeited 1455, but escaped into England ; (6) Henry, in Holy Orders ; and (7) George, d. unm. before he was 15. With these ended the issue male of Archibald, the 3d Earl of Douglas (the bastard son of the " good " Sir James), that of the elder and legitimate Hue having ended 67 years earlier. (*) See a note signed by " Joseph Bain " in Selby's " Genealogist," vol. iii, p. 126. ( b ) See, as to this proceeding, vol i, p. 100 ; note " f,"s«6 " Angus." ( c ) His next br. (of the whole blood), Lord James Douglas, signalized himself in the French army, being promised a Marechal's baton. He was slain 21 Oct. 1655 at the Biege of Doway, and was bur, at St. Germain de Prex, Paris, M.I., where his age is given as 27, which, if his mother died 32 years before, must be erroneous. ( d ) These heirs became extinct, 8 Dec. 1715, on the death of his grandson, Archibald (Douglas), 2nd Earl of Forfar [S.j