DOUGLAS, Robert of Tilquhillie, Sir ¹

   Another name for Robert was DOUGLASS, Robert of Tilwhilly, Sir.²

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  General Notes:

"Sir Robert Douglas of Tilquhillie, who was knighted by King Charles I. He was retoured heir to his father in Strickathro, 20th July 1647. He had to part with all his lands."

from Heraldry of the Douglases




"Sir Robert Douglass, third son of John Douglass and Mary Young,succeeded to Tilwhilly, and was served heir in 1647 to his father and two elder brothers. He espoused the Royal cause so warmly that his whole estate was sacrificed to advance it. Tilwhilly was for some time lost to the family, and Strickathrow passed away from them altogether in 1650, when it was sold to a family of the name of Turnbull. Sir Robert's name occurs in 1646 in the will of John Kirkpatrick, younger, of Closeburn, where it is said that, acting as Lieut.-Col. to Sir John Brown, of Fordel, Governor of Carlisle, 'lie and his complices plundered and took away from the place of Closeburn whatever was anyways transportable.' "

from Dingwall Fordyce ^{1 2}

Robert married Margaret UDWARD.¹ (Margaret UDWARD was born about 1595.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Robert Douglas) married first Margaret, daughter of Nicolas Udward, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and widow of William Forbes of Craigievar, but had no issue."

from The Heraldry of the Douglases ¹

Robert next married Elizabeth BURNETT, daughter of Sir Thomas BURNETT 13th of Leys, Baronet and Jean MONCRIEFF.¹ (Elizabeth BURNETT was born about 1622 and died by 26 June 1680 ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Robert Douglas of Tilquhillie .... married second Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, and had a son : - (a) Robert Douglas"

from The Heraldry of the Douglases ¹