Frotoft branch of the Orkney Traills

DOUGLAS. 43
Douglases is not only because Janet Douglas was Frances
Baikie's grandmother and Lieutenant Gilbert Traill's first
cousin once removed/ 1 )
Some persons may desire to trace the Douglases from an
earlier date than the sixteenth century when Bishop
Alexander Douglas was born ; the writer refers them to
William de Douglas, who lived in the twelfth century. Even
those who have an insatiable love of genealogy will be amply
rewarded by a diligent study of the Douglas pedigree and
history for the last seven hundred years.
(1) Lieutenant Gilbert Traill, R.N., was a son of Thomas Traill, second
of Frotoft, who was a son of William Traill, first of Frotoft, whose wife was
Elspeth Liddell, daughter of William Liddell, whoso wife was Margaret
Graham, daughter of Harie Graham, who was a son of John Graham, who
was a son of Bishop George Graham, who was a son of George Graham, of
Inchbrakie, who was a son of Patrick Graham, of Inchbrakie, who was a
son of William Graham, first Earl of Montrose, who was a son of William
Graham, second Lord Graham, and his wife Anne Douglas, (from whom
the Earls, Marquises and Pukes of Montrose are descended) daughtor of
George Douglas, fourth Earl of Angus, who died in 1463. Therefore
Lieutenant Gilbert Traill, R.N., and Frances Baikie's children are eleven
generations from Anne Douglas.
Anne Douglas had several sisters ; the following may be of interest
with reference to four of them. Her sister Isabella, married Sir Alexander
Ramsay, ancestor of the Earl of Dalhousie ; her sister Elizabeth, married
Sir Robert Graham, ancestor of John Graham, of Claverhouse, Viscount
Dundee ; her sister Margaret, married Sir Duncan Campbell, of Glenorchy,
ancestor of the Earls of Breadalbane, and her sister Janet's first husband
was David Scott, younger of Buccleuch, ancestor of the Dukes of Buccleuch.
A good record of marriages for five sisters. They have now many
descendants among the nobility and gentry in whose veins the Red
Douglases blood courses.