7th Earl of Morton William Douglas

1582 - 1648  (66 years)

• Name	William Douglas
  Title	7th Earl of Morton
  Birth	1582	Midlothian, Scotland
  Christening	24 Apr 1586	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LVXG-Z1N
  Burial	1648	Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Death	7 Aug 1648	Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Person ID	I934	footsteps | Byrd, Bruce, Stewart, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, GuyBuckman, BettyOtt
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Lord of Lochleven Robert Douglas,   b. 1562, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland d. 30 Nov 1584, Somerset, England (Age 22 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Jean Lyon,   b. 25 Jul 1566, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 30 Nov 1594, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Mar 1582	Angusshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F1007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess Morton Anne Keith,   b. 5 Dec 1586, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 30 May 1648, Orkney Islands, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1604	Kincardineshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Douglas,   b. 1611, Midlothian, Scotland d. 13 Mar 1678, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. 2nd Earl of Queensbury James Douglas,   b. 1612, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 25 Aug 1686, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Countess of Dunfermline Mary Douglas,   b. Abt 1613, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. Abt 1659, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton (1582 - 7 August 1648) was a grandson of the 6th Earl of Morton. He was Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, and a zealous Royalist, who, on the outbreak of the Great Rebellion in 1642, provided £100,000 for the cause