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Lady Margaret Douglas 1511–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Date: 24 May 1579

Death Location: Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland

Father: James Douglas/

Mother: Catherine Morton

Spouse(s): James Arran

Children(s): Claud Paisley

The story of Lady Margaret Douglas began in 1511 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lady Margaret Douglas married James Hamilton Arran, and had children including Claud Lord Paisley Hamilton Baron Paisley. Lady Margaret Douglas passed away in 1579 in Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Margaret Douglas began in 1511 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas married James Hamilton Arran, and had children including Claud Lord Paisley Hamilton Baron Paisley.
  • Lady Margaret Douglas passed away in 1579 in Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Douglas/
1491–1548
Birth Location: Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Catherine Morton
1491–1554
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
CM

Spouses(s)

James Arran
1512–1575
Birth Location: London, England
JA

Children(s)

Claud Paisley
1543–1622
Birth Location: Blackness
CP

Lady Douglas's Ancestors

Self
Lady Douglas
1511–1579
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents
James Douglas of Pompherstoun Douglas/
1491–1548
Aberdour, Fifeshire, Scotland
Catherine (Stewart Countess of) Morton
1491–1554
Edinburgh, Scotland
Grandparents
John (Earl Of Morton) Douglas
1462–1515
Scotland
Janet Crichton
1460–1516
Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1431–1493
Joan Douglas
1428–1486
Patrick Crichton
1430–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1394–1437
Jane Beaufort
1398–1445

Lady Douglas's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Margaret) Douglas (1511–24 May 1579) m. James (Hamilton) Arran (1512–22 January 1575)
  1. 1. Claud (Lord Paisley Hamilton Baron) Paisley 1543–1622
    1. 1. Fredrick Hamilton 1578–1646
      1. 1. James (Harrison) Hamilton 1630–1685 m. Catherin Leslie 1639–
        1. 1. Audley (Harrison) Hamilton 1677–1762 m. Eleanor Adams 1680–1751

Lady Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Lady Margaret Douglas in Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland
1579
24 May 1579
Age 68
Death of Lady Margaret Douglas in Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland
Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 May 1579
    Event Place: Dunbar, West Lothira, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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