DOUGLAS, Robert ²

   Another name for Robert was DOUGLASS, Robert.¹

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  General Notes:

"Robert Douglass, the only son of Sir Robert Douglass, of Tilwhilly, and Elizabeth Burnet, his second wife, obtained a post in the East Indies as governor of a settlement there, by the interest of Governor Pitt, his wife's brother-in-law, grandfather of the eminent statesman, the Rt. Hon. William Pitt. He acquired a large fortune, and on coming home purchased a considerable estate in the County of Surrey. He was a Director of the Darien Company, and as such was impeached by Parliament in 1696. It is uncertain when he died, but he married a Miss Innes, of the family of Reidhall, in Morayshire, one of whose sisters has been mentioned as the wife of Governor Pitt, while another was married to Mr. John Wemyss, minister of Rothes, brother of the Earl of Wemyss."

from Dingwall Fordyce ^{1 2}

Robert married Daughter INNES, daughter of James INNES and Unknown.^{1 2} (Daughter INNES was born about 1660.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Gilbert Douglass, the only son of Robert Douglass and Miss Innes, was a solicitor in Parliament and member for an English borough. He spent the fortune his father had gained, and died unmarried in 1758, when the representation of the Tilwhilly family devolved on the Inchmarlo branch."

from Family of Dingwall Fordyce




"Sir Robert Douglas of Tilquhillie .... married second Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, and had a son : - (a) Robert Douglas, who married a daughter of James Innes, grandson of Sir Robert Innes of that ilk. By her he had one son : - (1) Gilbert Douglas, who died unmarried in London in 1757."

from The Heraldry of the Douglases ^{1 2}