DOUGLAS, Margaret 1
- Born: About 1545
- Marriage (1): CARMICHAEL, John of that Ilk, Sir 1
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Margaret married Sir John CARMICHAEL of that Ilk, son of John CARMICHAEL of that Ilk and Elisabeth SOMERVILLE.1 (Sir John CARMICHAEL of that Ilk was born about 1545 and died in June 1600 2.). The cause of his death was murder by the Armstrongs.
Marriage Notes:
"The four natural daughters of Sir George Douglas of Pittendriech were
1. Elizabeth, whose mother was the Lady Dundas, and who married James Richardson, laird of Smeaton, and had issue.
2. Margaret, whose mother was Fowler, in Edinburgh. Margaret married Sir John Carmichael of that Ilk, and had issue.
3. ----- Douglas, who married Sir George Auchinleck of Balmanno.
4. ----- Douglas, whose mother was the wife of the 'Laird of Barraes.' She married Sir John Selby of Twizel in Northumberland, and had issue."
from The Douglas Book
"Helen Carmichael, his (William Cockburn's) wife, was daughter of Sir John Carmichael and Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Sir George Douglas of Pittendreich and sister of James Douglas, Earl of Morton, Regent of Scotland in 1572."
from The Records of the Cockburn Family
" Sir John Carmichael of that Ilk was the son of John Carmichael of that Ilk and Elizabeth Somerville. He married Margaret Douglas, daughter of Sir George Douglas of Pittendreich. He died in June 1600, murdered by the Armstrongs.
He held the office of Warden of the West Marches. He held the office of Warden of the Middle Marches. In 1566 he was one of the murderers of David Rizzio, Queen Mary's secretary. He held the office of Scottish Ambassador to Denmark in 1588."
from thepeerage.com 1 2
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