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James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose 1562–1620 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Apr 1562

Birth Location: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Oct 1620

Death Location: Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States

Father: William Scotland

Mother: Agnes Companion

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James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose was born in 1562 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of William Douglas Sir 6Th Earl Of Morton Of Lochleven And Northumberland Custodian Of Queen Mary I Of Scotland And Agnes Leslie Countess Of Morton Lady Queen Marys Closet Female Companion. James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose passed away in 1620 in Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States.

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  • James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose was born in 1562 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the child of William Douglas Sir 6Th Earl Of Morton Of Lochleven And Northumberland Custodian Of Queen Mary I Of Scotland And Agnes Leslie Countess Of Morton Lady Queen Marys Closet Female Companion.
  • James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose passed away in 1620 in Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Scotland
1539–1606
Birth Location: Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Agnes Companion
1539–1606
Birth Location: Rothesay, Bute Island, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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James Melrose's Ancestors

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James Melrose
1562–1620
Birth Place: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Parents
William Douglas … Sir, 6th Earl of Morton, of Lochleven and Northumberland, Custodian of Queen Mary I of Scotland
1539–1606
Castle, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agnes (Leslie … Countess of Morton, Lady, Queen Mary’s Closet, Female) Companion
1539–1606
Rothesay, Bute Island, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
(Knight) (Sir Robert Douglas, 3rd Lord of Lochleven, 3rd Earl of) Buchan
1515–1547
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret (Margaretha Lady Tudor Countess (dau of King Henry VII) Countess of Lennox or Harbottle, Baroness of Ashwell Thorpe, 4th countess of Lennox, dtr) of
1513–1572
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
George (Leslie Burnside of) Rothes
1485–1558
Rothes, Morayshire, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Lord Buchan
1475–1535
Lady Lochleven
1475–1517
Robert Lisle
Elizabeth Erskine
1458–1518
Andrew Leslie
1490–
George Rothes
1460–1513
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew Leslie
1490–

James Melrose's Timeline

2 Records

1562
Apr 1562
Birth of James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
1620
15 Oct 1620
Age 58
Death of James Douglas ... Lord Melrose, Commendator of Melrose in Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States
Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1562
    Event Place: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1620
    Event Place: Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois, United States
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