Heraldry of the Douglases

THE DOUGLASES OF MORTON 71
torp ; died Villa Douglas 14th January 1898. He held many Court
appointments, and had many Orders conferred on him. He married, 8th
June 1848, at Karlsruhe, in Baden, Countess Louisa Katarina von Langen-
stein und Gondelsheim, daughter of Ludvig L, Grand Duke of Baden, by
morganatic marriage (died 1900). He had issue: —
(a) William Louis Charles Douglas, born 8th February 1849 at
Geneva.
(b) Louis William Augustus (No. 286).
(c) Frederic Archibald Gustav Douglas, born 8th September
1859.
(286) Louis William Augustus Douglas, born 26th November 1849 at Zurich.
Married, 30th September 1876, at Tosterup, Countess Anna Louisa
Dorotea Ehrensvard, daughter of Count Albert Karl August Lars
Ehrensvard, and has issue : —
(a) Charles Robert Douglas, born 24th April 1880 at Villa
Douglas, in Baden.
(b) Albert Archibald Douglas, born 6th June 1882; died 20th
July 1882 at Gerstorp.
(c) William Archibald Douglas, born 20th July 1883 at Stjernorp.
(d) Charles Sholto Douglas, born 22nd November 1888 at
Gerstorp.
(e) Oscar William Douglas, born 25th December 1896.
(287) Gustavus Otto Douglas, second son of No. 280, born 23rd February 1687.
He was a soldier in both the French and Russian armies, and married,
1713, Maria Magdalena von Schlippenbach, daughter of Major-General
Wolmar Antony von Schlippenbach, and had issue : —
f» Robert (No. 288).
(b) A son who died young.
(288) ROBERT DOUGLAS, Colonel in Russian army. Married a Von Knorring, and
had issue : —
(a) Frederic Anton Douglas, living 1789.
(b) Robert Archibald Douglas, living 1789.
Httll0 of the Douglases in Sweden. — Quarterly. 1. Argent, a knight in armour,
with a red surcoat, brandishing a sword, and mounted on a brown horse.
2 and 3. Azure, a lion rampant gules, crowned or, holding in dexter paw a
palm branch proper, and in tlie sinister a plate. 4. Argent, a soldier of
seventeenth century with gold coat and boots and red overalls, holding pike in
dexter hand. En surtout, Argent, a cinquefoil sable surmounted by a heart
gules, on a chief azure three stars of the field. [Plate VI., fig. 6.] CRESTS :
Dexter, A tower argent, and issuing therefrom a demi lion rampant gules,
crowned or, in dexter paw a sword, and in sinister a palm branch, both
proper ; Middle, A salamander vert in flames or ; Sinister, A knight on
horseback, as in first quarter. SUPPORTERS : Two unicorns argent.
Douglas of Morton.
THIS pedigree is very difficult to understand for several reasons. First, the
Lordship of Morton was renounced by Sir William Douglas of Whittinghame
and Morton (No. 273) in favour of James, first Earl of Morton, in 1474
(Registrum Honoris de Morton) ; second, there was a family of Douglas, of Morton
or Gogars, in Midlothian ; third, there was a family of Morton in Dumfriesshire, and