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Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton 1555–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 May 1555

Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

Death Date: February 1637

Death Location: Midlothian, Scotland

Father: David Douglas

Mother: Countess Broomhill

Spouse(s): John Maxwell, Sir Buccleuch

Children(s): Margaret Maxwell, John Maxwell, Walter Buccleuch

The story of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton began in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland). Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married John 7Th Lord Maxwell Earl Of Morton Maxwell, Sir Walter Scott Of Brachxholme And Buccleuch, and had children including John Maxwell Baron Maxwell, Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell, Walter Lord Scott Van Buccleuch. Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton began in 1555 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland).
  • Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton married John 7Th Lord Maxwell Earl Of Morton Maxwell, Sir Walter Scott Of Brachxholme And Buccleuch, and had children including John Maxwell Baron Maxwell, Margaret Elizabeth Maxwell, Walter Lord Scott Van Buccleuch.
  • Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton passed away in 1637 in Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Douglas
1515–1557
Birth Location: Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
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Countess Broomhill
1525–1596
Birth Location: Broomhill, Clydesdale, Scotland, United Kingdom
CB

Spouses(s)

John Maxwell
1553–1593
Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Sir Buccleuch
1549–1574
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Scotland, United Kingdom
SB

Children(s)

Margaret Maxwell
1580–1630
Birth Location: Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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John Maxwell
1586–1612
Birth Location: –
JM
Walter Buccleuch
1570–1611
Birth Location: Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
WB

Lady Morton's Ancestors

Self
Lady Morton
1555–1637
Birth Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Parents
David Douglas
1515–1557
Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
Countess ((Helen) Margaretha Hamilton Douglas Angus Lady Roploche, Lady) Broomhill
1525–1596
Broomhill, Clydesdale, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
George (1500 Douglas Pittendreich) Sir
1500–1556
Lasswade, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet ((Jonet)) Napier
1503–
Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Sir (John I (Lindsay) Hamilton, Knight of Samuelston &) Clydesdale
1511–1555
Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Jeanette (Canmore Lady Home van) Samuelston
1515–1573
Samuelston, East-Lothian, Schotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Cambuskeith
1470–
Alexander Home
1481–1516
Katherine Stirling
1491–1526
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Home
1450–1506

Lady Morton's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of) Morton (5 May 1555–February 1637) m. John ((7th Lord Maxwell)(Earl of Morton)) Maxwell (24 April 1553–7 December 1593) m. Sir (Walter Scott of Brachxholme and) Buccleuch (1549–1574)
  1. 1. Margaret (Elizabeth) Maxwell 1580–1630 m. Sir (John Hugh 15th Lord of Craigie) Wallace 1581–1640
    1. 1. Sir (William Wallace of) Failford 1598–1672 m. Lady (Agnes) Boyd 1609–1672
      1. 1. Agnes Wallace 1636– m. John (Alexander) HUTCHINSON 1631–1680
        1. 1. Joseph (Ross) Hutchinson 1675–1750 m. Anna Simpson 1680–1718
  2. 2. John (Maxwell Baron) Maxwell 1586–1612
  3. 3. Walter (Lord Scott van) Buccleuch 1570–1611

Lady Morton's Timeline

13 Records

1555
1555
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Schotland
Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Schotland
1555
1555
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
1555
5 May 1555
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)
1568
19 Jan 1568
Age 13
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Buccleuch Castle, Ettrick, Crosslee, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Buccleuch Castle, Ettrick, Crosslee, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland
1569
15 February 1569
Age 14
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1571
15 February 1571
Age 16
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married
None
1572
17 Feb 1572
Age 17
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Scotland (Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)
Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Scotland (Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)
1576
1576
Age 21
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married
None
1582
1582
Age 27
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married in Minto, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
Minto, Roxburghshire, , Scotland
1594
1594
Age 39
Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton was married
None
1637
February 1637
Age 82
Death of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Midlothian, Scotland
Midlothian, Scotland
1640
1640
Age 85
Death of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
1640
12 Sep 1640
Age 85
Death of Lady Elizabeth Of Angus Douglas, Baroness of Carlaverock, Countess of Morton in Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 May 1555
    Event Place: Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 19 Jan 1568
    Event Place: Buccleuch Castle, Ettrick, Crosslee, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 February 1569
    Event Place: Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 February 1571

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1572
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright, Sutherland, Scotland (Carlaverock, Dumfries-shire, Scotland)

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1576

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1582
    Event Place: Minto, Roxburghshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1594

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1701-1750

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1640
    Event Place: Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Schotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Sep 1640
    Event Place: Buccleuch, Teviotdale, Selkirkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1637
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland
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