Peerage Record – 2036

     Robert Dalzell was born in 1755.² He was the son of Alexander Dalzell and Elizabeth Jackson.¹ He married Anne Armstrong, daughter of David Armstrong, on 18 March 1783.² He died on 13 February 1808 at Glenae House, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^G.²
     He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1776.² In 1787 he would have been the 7th Earl of Carnwath, but for his grandfather’s attainder.²

     Robert Johnstone-Douglas of Lockerbie was born on 6 April 1814.¹ He was the son of Henry Alexander Douglas and Elizabeth Dalzell.¹ He married Lady Jane Margaret Mary Douglas, daughter of Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and Lady Caroline Scott, on 27 January 1841.¹ He died on 12 October 1866 at age 52.¹
     He was given the name of Robert Douglas at birth.¹

     Lord William Robert Keith Douglas was born in 1783.¹ He was the son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt. and Grace Johnstone.² He married Elizabeth Irvine, daughter of Walter Irvine, on 24 November 1824.¹ He died on 5 December 1859.¹
     On 16 May 1837 he was granted the rank of a marquess’s younger son.¹ He lived at Grangemuir, Fife, Scotland^G.¹

     Elizabeth Irvine was the daughter of Walter Irvine.¹ She married Lord William Robert Keith Douglas, son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt. and Grace Johnstone, on 24 November 1824.¹ She died on 25 April 1864.¹
     Her married name became Douglas.

     Walter Irvine lived at Luddington House, Surrey, England^G.¹ He lived at Tobago^G.¹

     Lady Mary Douglas was the daughter of Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt. and Grace Johnstone.² She married Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith, son of Maj.-Gen. John Beckwith and Janet Wishart, on 20 March 1817.² She died on 15 January 1841.²
     Her married name became Beckwith. On 16 May 1837 she was granted the rank of a marquess’s daughter.¹

     Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith was born in 1772.² He was the son of Maj.-Gen. John Beckwith and Janet Wishart.^2,3 He married Clementina Laughman.² He married Lady Mary Douglas, daughter of Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt. and Grace Johnstone, on 20 March 1817.¹ He died on 15 January 1831 at India.^1,2
     He was appointed Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)¹ He fought in the Peninsular Wars.² He fought in the War of 1812.² He was Quartermaster-General of British North America between 1813 and 1815.² He was Commander-in-Chief of Bombay between 1829 and 1831.²

     Janet Douglas was the daughter of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bt. and Christian Cuninghame.² She married William Irving of Bonshaw, son of John Irving of Bonshaw and Sophia Clapperet, on 13 November 1767 at Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.³
     Her married name became Irving.

     William Irving of Bonshaw was the son of John Irving of Bonshaw and Sophia Clapperet.¹ He married Janet Douglas, daughter of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bt. and Christian Cuninghame, on 13 November 1767 at Prestonfield, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ He died in 1772.¹
     He lived at Bonshaw, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^G.

     Catherine Douglas was the daughter of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Bt. and Christian Cuninghame.² She married Dr. William Butler on 13 November 1767.¹
     Her married name became Butler.