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From: Iain Kerr <>
Subject: Earl of Morton abt 1750
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 02:21:45 -0400

Twila,

The surname of the earls of Morton was, and still is, Douglas.

No Hewitt connections as far as I can see. The details I have are
summarised here:

1. James DOUGLAS #10149 b. in 1703, (son of George DOUGLAS #25962
and Frances ADDERLY #25963) occupation 14th Earl of Morton, m. (1)
Agatha HALYBURTON #11338, (daughter of James HALYBURTON #25955) occupation
Countess of Morton, d. 12 Dec 1748, m. (2) 31 Jul 1755, Bridget Heathcote
#11339, (daughter of John Heathcote #25033 and Bridget White #26232) d. 2
Mar 1805. James died 12 Oct 1738.1
Children by Agatha HALYBURTON:
2. i Sholto Charles DOUGLAS #11340 b. in 1732.
ii Mary DOUGLAS #22010 occupation Countess of Aboyne, m.
13 Apr 1774, Charles GORDON #19513, b. in 1726, (son of John GORDON #25085
and Grace LOCKHART #25084) occupation 4th Earl of Aboyne, d. 28 Dec 1794.
Mary died 24 Dec 1816.1.
3. iii Bridget DOUGLAS #28652.
Children by Bridget Heathcote:
4. iv John DOUGLAS #9809 b. 1 Jul 1756.

Second Generation

2. Sholto Charles DOUGLAS #11340 b. in 1732,1 occupation 15th Earl
of Morton, m. 19 Nov 1758, Katherine HAMILTON #11341, (daughter of John
HAMILTON #20044 and Margaret HOME #25780) occupation Countess of Morton, d.
24 Apr 1823.1 Sholto died 25 Sep 1774.1
Children:
5. i George DOUGLAS #11343 b. 3 Apr 1761.

3. Bridget DOUGLAS #28652 m. 16 Aug 1777, William Henry BOUVERIE #28648,
b. 30 Oct 1752, (son of William de Bouverie #28581 and Rebecca Alleyne
#28585) d. in 1806. Bridget died 26 Feb 1842.1
Children:
6. i Maria Rebecca BOUVERIE #28647.

4. John DOUGLAS #9809 b. 1 Jul 1756,1 occupation Honourable, m. 4
Oct 1784, Frances LASCELLES #9782, (daughter of Edward Lascelles #9779 and
Anne Chaloner #9780) d. 31 Mar 1817.1 John died 1 May 1818.1
Children:
7. i George Sholto DOUGLAS #11342 b. 23 Dec 1789.
8. ii Harriet DOUGLAS #21051 b. abt 1789.
iii Edward Gordon Douglas #13216 b. 20 Jun 1800,
occupation Baron Penrhyn ( 1st.), m. (1) 6 Aug 1833, Juliana Isabella Mary
Pennant #27090, (daughter of George Hay Dawkins Pennant #27091) d. 25 Apr
1842, m. (2) 26 Jan 1846, Maria Louisa FitzRoy #11258, (daughter of Henry
FITZROY #10403 and Mary Caroline BERKELEY #10404) d. 10 May 1912. Edward
died 31 Mar 1886.
iv Caroline Douglas #28049 m. 31 Dec 1817, William
Augustus Lane-Fox #28048, b. 1796, (son of James Lane-Fox #28045 and Marcia
Lucy Pitt #28046) d. 1832. Caroline died 7 Nov 1873.

Third Generation

5. George DOUGLAS #11343 b. 3 Apr 1761,1 occupation 16th Earl of
Morton, m. 13 Aug 1814, Susan Elizabeth BULLER #11344, occupation Countess
of Morton. George died 17 Jul 1827.1
Children:
9. i Ellen Susan Anne DOUGLAS #24712.

6. Maria Rebecca BOUVERIE #28647 occupation Baroness Heytesbury, m. 8
Oct 1808, William A'COURT #28650, b. 11 Jul 1779,1 (son of William Pierce
Ashe A'Court #27121) occupation 1st Baron Heytesbury, d. 31 May 1860.1
Maria died 6 Oct 1844.
Children:
10. i William Henry Ashe HOLMES A'COURT #28646 b. 11 Jul
1809.
ii Cecilia Maria A'COURT #34327 b. in 1811, m. 27 Dec
1845,1 Robert DALY #34328, (son of Unknown DALY #34329) d. 15 Jan 1892.1
Cecilia died 25 Dec 1889.1.
iii Frederick Ashe A'COURT #34326 b. 15 Dec 1818,
Naples, Campania, Italy,1 d. 28 Jan 1840.1.

7. George Sholto DOUGLAS #11342 b. 23 Dec 1789,1 occupation 17th Earl
of Morton, m. 3 Jul 1817, Frances Theodora ROSE #27158, (daughter of George
Henry Rose #27159) occupation Countess of Morton, d. 12 Jul 1879. George
died 31 Mar 1858.1
Children:
11. i Sholto John DOUGLAS #28999 b. 13 Apr 1818.
12. ii Frances Harriet DOUGLAS #27157.

8. Harriet DOUGLAS #21051 b. abt 1789, occupation Marchioness of
Hamilton, m. (1) 25 Nov 1809, James HAMILTON #21052, b. 7 Oct 1786, (son of
John James HAMILTON #21042 and Catherine COPLEY #21046) occupation 1st
Marquess of Abercorn, d. 27 May 1814, m. (2) 8 Jul 1815, George GORDON
#21053, b. 28 Jan 1784, (son of George Gordon #24709 and Charlotte Baird
#24710) occupation 4th Earl of Aberdeen, d. 14 Dec 1860. Harriet died 26
Aug 1833.
Children by James HAMILTON:
13. i James HAMILTON #2210 b. 21 Jan 1811.
14. ii Harriet HAMILTON #21072 b. abt 1812.
15. iii Claud HAMILTON #21069 b. 27 Jul 1813.
Children by George GORDON:
16. iv George John James GORDON #20920 b. 28 Sep 1816.
17. v Alexander HAMILTON-GORDON #24714 b. 11 Dec 1817.
18. vi Douglas HAMILTON-GORDON #24713 b. 13 Mar 1824.
19. vii Arthur HAMILTON-GORDON #24717 b. 26 Nov 1829.
viii Frances HAMILTON-GORDON #24720 d. 20 Apr 1934.

Fourth Generation

9. Ellen Susan Anne DOUGLAS #24712 m. 15 Jul 1851, Douglas
HAMILTON-GORDON #24713, b. 13 Mar 1824, (son of George GORDON #21053 and
Harriet DOUGLAS #21051) occupation Clerk in Holy Orders, d. 6 Dec 1901.
Ellen died 22 Jan 1914.
Children:
i Douglas George HAMILTON-GORDON #25578 b. 7 Aug 1852,
m. (1) 7 Jul 1877, Edith Anne Bullock #25579, (daughter of Walter
Trevelyan Bullock #25580) d. 11 Jul 1929, m. (2) 31 Jul 1929, Annie Amelia
Arkcoll #25581, (daughter of William James Arkcoll #25582) d. 28 Jan 1965.
Douglas died 24 Apr 1938.
ii George William HAMILTON-GORDON #25583 b. 15 Jun 1854,
d. 31 Dec 1906.
iii William Hugh HAMILTON-GORDON #25584 b. 1 Oct 1855, m.
6 Aug 1890, Florence Evelyn Vickers #25585, (daughter of Thomas Edward
Vickers #25586) d. 15 May 1947. William died 25 Jun 1936.
iv Catherine Ellen HAMILTON-GORDON #25587 d. 21 Feb 1913.
v Ellen Louisa HAMILTON-GORDON #25588 d. 25 Jul 1942.

10. William Henry Ashe HOLMES A'COURT #28646 b. 11 Jul 1809,1
occupation 2nd Baron Heytesbury, m. 3 Oct 1833, Elizabeth HOLMES #28649,
(daughter of Leonard Thomas Worsley HOLMES #28651) occupation Baroness
Heytesbury, d. 30 Jun 1874.1 William died 21 Apr 1891.1
Children:
20. i William Leonard HOLMES A'COURT #34330 b. 19 Jan 1835.
ii Elizabeth HOLMES A'COURT #34336 d. 20 Aug 1902.1.
iii Frederick HOLMES A'COURT #34331 b. 24 Aug 1839,1 d.
in 1919.1.
iv Henry HOLMES A'COURT #34332 b. 26 Jun 1841,1 d. 4
Jan 1885.1.
v Charles George HOLMES A'COURT #34333 b. 8 Dec 1843,1 d.
10 Jan 1924.1.
vi Edward Alexander HOLMES A'COURT #34334 b. 23 Oct
1845.1.
21. vii Emily HOLMES A'COURT #27553.
viii Arthur Wyndham HOLMES A'COURT #34335 b. 7 May 1848,1
d. 2 Oct 1915.1.
ix Gertruda Anne HOLMES A'COURT #34337 d. 1 Sep 1933.1.
x Margaret HOLMES A'COURT #34338 occupation Took the
veil, d. 21 Feb 1933.1.

11. Sholto John DOUGLAS #28999 b. 13 Apr 1818, occupation 18th Earl
of Morton, m. (1) 21 Jan 1844, Helen WATSON #29000, (daughter of James
Watson #29001) occupation Countess of Morton, d. 23 Dec 1850,1 m. (2) 7
Jul 1853, Alice Anne Caroline LAMBTON #29003, (daughter of John George
LAMBTON #11017 and Louisa Elizabeth GREY #11468) occupation Countess of
Morton, d. 15 Jan 1907. Sholto died 24 Dec 1884.
Children by Helen WATSON:
22. i Sholto George DOUGLAS #29002 b. 5 Nov 1844.

Yours aye, Iain

in Windsor, Berkshire
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