Douglas baronets of Kelhead (1668)

Escutcheon of the Douglas baronets of Kelhead

The Douglas baronetcy of Kelhead, parish of Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, was created on 26 February 1668 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for James Douglas, son of Sir William Douglas of Kelhead, governor of Carlisle Castle in 1647.

Douglas baronets, of Kelhead (1668)

• Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (19 February 1639 – c. 1707)
• Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Kelhead, (c. 1675 – 10 October 1733). He was the son of the 1st Baronet and Catherine Douglas, a sister of the 3rd Earl of Queensbury (later the Duke of Queensbury). Sir William was married to Helen Erskine, a daughter of Colonel John Erskine, Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle. They had nine children, of whom their eldest son succeeded to the title upon his father's death.
• Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet (c 1708 – 13 November 1778) MP for Dumfries-shire 1741–1747
• Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet (c.1731 – 16 May 1783), MP for Dumfries 1768–1780
• Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet. He subsequently succeeded to the Marquessate of Queensberry in 1810; with which title the baronetcy remains merged.

Notes

Marquesses of Queensberry and Dukes of Buccleuch, Dover, Monmouth, and Queensberry

Lord Scott of Buccleuch, 1606 Walter Scott c. 1565–1611 1st Lord Scott of Buccleuch Earl of Buccleuch and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill, 1619 Viscount Drumlanrig and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers, 1628 Earl of Queensberry, 1633 Walter Scott c. 1606–1633 1st Earl of Buccleuch William Douglas c. 1582 – c. 1639–1640 1st Earl of Queensberry, etc. King Charles II 1630–1685 Francis Scott 1626–1651 2nd Earl of Buccleuch James Douglas d. 1671 2nd Earl of Queensberry, etc. William Douglas d. 1673 Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch (1st creation) and Earl of Dalkeith, 1663 Duke of Buccleuch (2nd creation), 1663 Marquess of Queensberry, Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross, 1682 Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire 1684 Baronet, of Kelhead, 1668 James Scott 1649–1685 Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Doncaster, Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Anne Scott 1651–1732 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, 4th Countess of Buccleuch Mary Scott 1647–1661 3rd Countess of Buccleuch William Douglas 1637–1695 1st Duke of Queensberry, 1st Marquess of Queensberry, etc., 3rd Earl of Queensberry, etc. Catherine Douglas James Douglas 1639–1708 1st Baronet of Kelhead Dukedoms of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1st creation) and earldoms of Buccleuch and Doncaster forfeit, 1663 Duke of Dover, Marquess of Beverley, and Baron Ripon, 1708 Earl of March (Scotland, 4th creation), Viscount of Peebles, and Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard, 1697 James Scott 1674–1705 styled Earl of Dalkeith James Douglas 1662–1711 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1st Duke of Dover, etc., 2nd Marquess of Queensberry, etc. William Douglas 1673–1705 1st Earl of March, etc. Anne Douglas d. 1700 William Douglas d. 1733 2nd Baronet of Kelhead Earl of Doncaster restored, 1743 Earl of Solway, Viscount of Tiberris, Lord Douglas of Lockerbie, Dalveen and Thornhill, 1706 Francis Scott 1695–1751 2nd Duke of Buccleuch, etc. 2nd Earl of Doncaster Jane Douglas 1701–1729 James Douglas 1697–1715 3rd Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Charles Douglas 1698–1778 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, etc., 4th Marquess of Queensberry, etc., Earl of Solway, etc. William Douglas 1696–1731 2nd Earl of March, etc. James Wemyss 1699–1756 Earl of Wemyss, etc. John Douglas c. 1708–1778 3rd Baronet of Kelhead Excluded from succession to the dukedoms of Queensberry and Dover Dukedom of Dover and its subsidiary titles, and earldom of Solway and its subsidiary titles extinct, 1778 Francis Scott 1721–1750 styled Earl of Dalkeith Henry Douglas 1722–1754 styled Earl of Drumlanrig Charles Douglas 1726–1756 styled Earl of Drumlanrig William Douglas 1724–1810 4th Duke of Queensberry, 5th Marquess of Queensberry, etc., 3rd Earl of March, etc., Earl of Ruglen, etc. Francis Wemyss-Charteris 1723–1808 Earl of Wemyss Henry Scott 1746–1812 5th Duke of Queensberry 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Francis Charteris 1749–1808 styled Lord Elcho William Douglas c. 1730–1783 4th Baronet of Kelhead Baron Wemyss, 1821 George Scott 1768 styled Earl of Dalkeith Charles William Henry Montagu-Scott 1772–1819 6th Duke of Queensberry 4th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Francis Douglas 1772–1853 Earl of Wemyss, 1st Baron Wemyss, 4th Earl of March Charles Douglas 1777–1837 6th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. John Douglas 1779–1856 7th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. George Henry Scott 1798–1808 Lord Scott of Whitchester Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott 1806–1884 7th Duke of Queensberry 5th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Archibald William Douglas 1818–1858 8th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Baron Montagu of Beaulieu (UK), 1885 William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott 1831–1914 8th Duke of Queensberry 6th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Henry John Montagu-Scott 1832–1905 1st Baron Montagu of Beaulieu John Sholto Douglas 1844–1900 9th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Baron Kelhead (UK), 1893 Walter Henry Montagu Douglas Scott 1861–1886 styled Earl of Dalkeith John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott 1864–1935 9th Duke of Queensberry 7th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu 1866–1929 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Francis Archibald Douglas 1867–1894 styled Viscount Drumlanrig, Baron Kelhead Percy Sholto Douglas 1868–1920 10th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Barony Kelhead extinct, 1894 Walter John Montagu-Douglas-Scott 1894–1973 10th Duke of Queensberry 8th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas 1898–1954 11th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott 1923–2007 11th Duke of Queensberry 9th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu 1926–2015 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu David Harrington Angus Douglas 1929–2026 12th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott b. 1954 12th Duke of Queensberry 10th Duke of Buccleuch, etc. Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu b. 1961 4th Baron Montagu of Beaulieu Jonathan Deane Montagu-Scott b. 11 October 1975 Sholto Francis Guy Douglas b. 1967 13th Marquess of Queensberry, etc. Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas b. 1978 Heir presumptive to the Barony of Montagu of Beaulieu Heir presumptive to the Marquessate of Queensberry Walter John Francis Montagu Douglas Scott b. 1984 styled Earl of Dalkeith Heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Queensbury, etc. and the Dukedom of Buccleuch, etc. Willoughby Ralph Montagu Douglas Scott b. 2016 styled Lord Eskdaill