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Sholto Douglas (other)
Sholto Douglas was the mythical progenitor of the Scottish Clan Douglas. Sholto Douglas may also refer to: * Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton (1732–1774), Scottish nobleman and peer * Sholto Douglas (naval officer), (1833–1913) Admiral in the Royal Navy * Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton (1844–1935), Scottish landowner, businessman and representative peer * Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958), Scottish artist * Sholto Douglas (cricketer) (1873–1916), English cricketer * Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a sq ... (1893–1969), Marshal of the Royal Air Force * Sholto Douglas (fencer), Australian fencer {{hndis, Douglas, Sholto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas
Sholto Douglas was the mythical progenitor of Clan Douglas, a powerful and warlike family in medieval Scotland. A mythical battle took place: "in 767, between King '' Solvathius'' rightful king of Scotland and a pretender ''Donald Bane''. The victory was so nearly Donald's when a certain noble man, disdaining to see so bad a cause have good successe, struck in for the king and turned the fortunes of the day. When the king inquired about the knight who had done such valuable service, somebody exclaimed 'Sholto du glasse!'...'Behold the black man!'." In the story of Sholto Douglas, his youngest son is a commander of forces sent by the mythical Scottish king Achaius, to the court of Charlemagne to aid him in his wars against Desiderius, King of the Lombards. Marius Douglas is said to have settled in Piacenza where his descendants the became powerful local magnates, and eventual leaders of the Guelf faction of that city.Sansovino, pp. 111–117. See also *Clan Douglas Clan Dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl Of Morton
Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton (c. 1732–25 September 1774) was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton. He was Colonel of a regiment of light dragoons, the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, raised in Scotland in 1759 and disbanded in 1763. In February 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had two sons: * George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827) *Lt. Hon. Hamilton Douglas Halyburton (10 October 1763 – 31 December 1783), who died of exposure Exposure or Exposures may refer to: People * The Exposures, a pseudonym for German electronic musician Jan Jeline Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Exposure'' (film), a 1932 American film * ''Exposure'', another name for the 1991 movie ... while commanding the barge of HMS ''Assistance''. His party was caught in a snowstorm while looking for deserters and wrecked on Sandy Hook. Notes 1732 births 177 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas (naval Officer)
Sholto Douglas was the mythical progenitor of Clan Douglas, a powerful and warlike family in medieval Scotland. A mythical battle took place: "in 767, between King ''Solvathius'' rightful king of Scotland and a pretender ''Donald Bane''. The victory was so nearly Donald's when a certain noble man, disdaining to see so bad a cause have good successe, struck in for the king and turned the fortunes of the day. When the king inquired about the knight who had done such valuable service, somebody exclaimed 'Sholto du glasse!'...'Behold the black man!'." In the story of Sholto Douglas, his youngest son is a commander of forces sent by the mythical Scottish king Achaius, to the court of Charlemagne to aid him in his wars against Desiderius, King of the Lombards. Marius Douglas is said to have settled in Piacenza where his descendants the became powerful local magnates, and eventual leaders of the Guelf faction of that city.Sansovino, pp. 111–117. See also * Clan Douglas Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas, 19th Earl Of Morton
Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (5 November 1844 – 8 October 1935) was a major landowner in Scotland, a businessman with mining investments in what is now Svalbard, Norway, and politician, serving as a representative peer (1886–1935) after being elected by the Peerage of Scotland. Biography In the early 20th century, entrepreneurs and national governments staked claims in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, to develop resources and mining. Britain, the Netherlands, and Denmark-Norway all had interests there, soon followed by the Russian Empire. The Earl of Morton had several Arctic interests. He and Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Alexander Bruce Hugh, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh had major shares in the little-known Spitzbergen Coal and Mineral Ltd of London. In 1906 Morton became involved, with his son Rory, in the Spitzbergen Mining and Exploration Syndicate (SMES). Together with other major investors, they claimed land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Johnstone Douglas
Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas (3 December 1871 – 10 March 1958), known as Sholto Douglas, or more formally as Sholto Johnstone Douglas, was a Scottish figurative artist, a painter chiefly of portraits and landscapes. In 1895, he stood surety for the bail of Oscar Wilde. Early life Douglas was born in Edinburgh, a member of the aristocratic Queensberry family, part of the Clan Douglas. He was the son of Arthur Johnstone-Douglas DL JP of Lockerbie (1846–1923) and his wife Jane Maitland Stewart, and the grandson of Robert Johnstone Douglas of Lockerbie, himself the son of Henry Alexander Douglas, a brother of the sixth and seventh Marquesses of Queensberry. His paternal grandmother, Lady Jane Douglas (1811–1881), was herself a daughter of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, so she was her husband's first cousin. Douglas's third cousin and contemporary John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900) was famous for the rules of the sport of boxing. Anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas (cricketer)
Sholto Douglas (8 September 1873 – 28 January 1916) was an English first-class cricketer active 1906 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Norwood Green, Middlesex; died in Cambrin, Arras, France, on active service during World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... References 1873 births 1916 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers British military personnel killed in World War I {{England-cricket-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas Of Kirtleside
Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, (23 December 1893 – 29 October 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadron commander during the First World War, he served as a flying instructor during the inter-war years before becoming Director of Staff Duties and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff at the Air Ministry. During the Second World War Douglas clashed with other senior commanders over strategy in the Battle of Britain. Douglas argued for a more aggressive engagement with a 'Big Wing' strategy i.e. using massed fighters to defend the United Kingdom against enemy bombers. He then became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command in which role he was responsible for rebuilding the command's strength after the attrition of the Battle of Britain, but also for bringing it on the offensive to wrest the initiative in the air from the Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
