Charles Douglas, 5th Lord Mordington (d. after 1746), son of

George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington, died 10 June 1741 at Covent Garden, London, was the son and heir of James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington by his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston. George, Lord Mordington, is descri ...

by his wife Catherine née Lauder, was a Jacobite. He went to sea when he was young and did not return to Britain until after his father's death. Engaging in the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, he was captured at

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, and tried on 11 September 1746 under the designation of Charles Douglas, Esquire. He then pleaded his peerage, which was objected to by the counsel for the Crown, but upon proof being provided his trial was postponed and he was imprisoned on remand in

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, from which he was soon released. Upon the abolition of

heritable jurisdictions Heritable jurisdictions were, in the law of Scotland, grants of jurisdiction made to a man and his heirs. They were a usual accompaniment to feudal tenures and conferred power on great families. Both before and after the Union frequent attempts ...

the following year, he claimed for the privilege of

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over the lands of Nether

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the sum of £300 which was refused. His estates were forfeited. He was unmarried and upon his death the title became dormant, although his sister Mary styled herself 'Baroness Mordington' after his death. She died without issue.

References

*''The Scottish Nation'', by William Anderson, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. 7, pp. 206–7. *''A History of the House of Douglas'', by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt., London, 1902, vol. 2, p. 180. Scottish Jacobites Scottish soldiers Lords of Parliament 18th-century deaths Year of birth unknown {{Lord-of-Parliament-stub