Douglas baronets of Maxwell (1786)

Escutcheon of the Douglas baronets of Maxwell

The Douglas baronetcy of Maxwell, Roxburghshire (also of Springwood Park in the same county)[1] was created 17 June 1786 in the Baronetage of Great Britain for James Douglas, younger son of George Douglas of Friarshaw, a naval officer and politician.[2][3] For a period it was the Scott-Douglas baronetcy.[1]

Douglas baronets, of Maxwell (1786)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 186.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 251–252.
  3. 1 2 "Douglas, James (1703-87), of Springwood Park, Roxburgh, and St. Olla, Orkney, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  4. ↑ "Douglas, Sir George, 2nd Bt. (1754-1821), of Springwood Park, Roxburgh, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  5. ↑ "Douglas, Sir George Brisbane". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ↑ "Douglas, Sir James Louis Fitzroy Scott". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)