The Douglas book . 6. Lady Catherine, who married Sir William Ruthven of Dunglas, and had issue, 7. Lady Isabel, who married, in 1657, William Douglas, third Earl of Queensberry, afterwards first Duke of Queensberry. 8. Lady Jane, who married, on 18th January 1670, James, fourth Earl of Perth, afterwards Chancellor of Scotland, and Duke of Perth. 9. Lady Lucy, who married, in 1669, Eobert, Lord Maxwell, afterwards fourth Earl of Nithsdale, and had issue. The contract is datedMarch 1669, and describes Lady Lucy as the youngest daughter.^ 10. Lady Mary, who died unmarried before March 1669. Test
The Douglas book . 6. Lady Catherine, who married Sir William Ruthven of Dunglas, and had issue, 7. Lady Isabel, who married, in 1657, William Douglas, third Earl of Queensberry, afterwards first Duke of Queensberry. 8. Lady Jane, who married, on 18th January 1670, James, fourth Earl of Perth, afterwards Chancellor of Scotland, and Duke of Perth. 9. Lady Lucy, who married, in 1669, Eobert, Lord Maxwell, afterwards fourth Earl of Nithsdale, and had issue. The contract is datedMarch 1669, and describes Lady Lucy as the youngest daughter.^ 10. Lady Mary, who died unmarried before March 1669. Testament of her brother, Archibald, ?^ Old Inventories of Writs in the Douglas Earl of Angus, 13th January 1G55, voL iil Charter-chest. of this work, p. 337. * Marriage-contract, dated 29th May 1645, Extract in Annandale Charter-cheat. - Baptismal Register, ^ Original Contract, dated 6th and 25th House, Edinburgh. March 1669, at Terregles. vor,. It. ;*, If 426 WILLIAM, FIRST MARQUIS OF DO ^mt ^/2fc 42; LoKD Ja-Mes Douglas, Colonel of the Eeglment of Eoyal ScotsGuards in France. 1617—1645. Lord James Douglas, the third son of William, first Miuquis of Douglas, andMargaret Hamilton, his first countess, was born about 1617. In September 1624,his father resigned the lands of Glenbervie and others in favour of James, his thirdson, whom failing, in favour of William, the second son, whom failing to Archibald,Lord Douglas.^ After 1633 Lord James is described as the second son of the 1628, and again at a date not recorded, but after 1633, he received charters fromhis father and eldest brother of lands in the barony of Wandell in Lanarkshire. Hewent to France, and appears to have been for some time a page to King Louis theThirteenth. In 1637 he was appointed colonel of the regiment of Scots in the Frenchservice which had been commanded by the celebrated Sir John Hepburn, Sir Johnwas killed in July 1636, and Lord James Douglas was spoken of as his su
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