Peerage Record – 2355

     Captain Esmond Brasnell Palmer was the son of William Clayton Palmer.¹ He married Lady Dorothy Madeline Douglas, daughter of Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry and Anna Maria Walters, on 4 October 1924.¹ He died on 5 August 1953.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Scots.¹

     William Clayton Palmer died before 1980.

     Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was born on 22 October 1870.¹ He was the son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery.¹ He married Olive Eleanor Custance, daughter of Colonel Frederick Hambleton Custance and Eleanor Constance Jolliffe, on 4 March 1902.¹ He died on 20 March 1945 at age 74.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.¹ He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He wrote the book The City of the Soul, published 1899.¹ He wrote the book Sonnets, published 1909.¹ He wrote the book Oscar Wilde and Myself, published 1914.¹ He wrote the book Sonnets – In Excelsis, published 1924.¹ He wrote the book The Autobiography of Douglas, published 1929.¹ He wrote the book Sonnets and Lyrics, published 1935.¹ He wrote the book Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up, published 1940.¹

     Olive Eleanor Custance was the daughter of Colonel Frederick Hambleton Custance and Eleanor Constance Jolliffe.¹ She married Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery, on 4 March 1902.¹ She died on 12 February 1944.¹
     Her married name became Douglas.

     Katy Griffiths is the daughter of Lt.-Cdr. William Griffiths and Gillian Mary Harvey.¹

     Raymond Wilfred Sholto Douglas was born on 17 November 1902.¹ He was the son of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas and Olive Eleanor Custance.¹ He died on 10 October 1964 at age 61, unmarried.¹
     He gained the rank of officer in the Scots Guards.¹

     Lord Sholto George Douglas was born on 7 June 1872.¹ He was the son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery.¹ He married, firstly, Loretta Mooney in 1895.¹ He and Loretta Mooney were divorced in 1920.¹ He married, secondly, Georgina Leonora Mosselmans, daughter of Richard Frederick Hendrik Mosselmans, on 23 April 1921.¹ He and Georgina Leonora Mosselmans were divorced in 1925.¹ He married, thirdly, Lily Louise Edmunds, daughter of Charles Edmunds, on 11 October 1926.¹ He died on 6 April 1942 at age 69.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.¹

     Loretta Mooney married Lord Sholto George Douglas, son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery, in 1895.¹ She and Lord Sholto George Douglas were divorced in 1920.¹
     Her married name became Douglas.

     Georgina Leonora Mosselmans was the daughter of Richard Frederick Hendrik Mosselmans.¹ She married, secondly, Lord Sholto George Douglas, son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery, on 23 April 1921.² She and Lord Sholto George Douglas were divorced in 1925.² She married, thirdly, Mehmed Burhameddin, Prince of Turkey.¹ She married, fourthly, Count Fernand de Saurigny.¹ She married, fifthly, Hon. William Arthur de la Poer Horsley-Beresford, son of William Robert John Horsley-Beresford, 3rd Baron Decies and Catherine Anne Dent, on 18 August 1933.¹ She and Hon. William Arthur de la Poer Horsley-Beresford were divorced in 1940.¹ She died on 30 April 1969.¹
     Her married name became Barnard.¹ Her married name became Douglas. Her married name became Burhameddin.¹ Her married name became de Saurigny.¹ From 18 August 1933, her married name became Horsley-Beresford.¹

     Lily Louise Edmunds was the daughter of Charles Edmunds.¹ She married, firstly, Mendelssohn Pickles before 1926.¹ She married, secondly, Lord Sholto George Douglas, son of John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and Sibyl Montgomery, on 11 October 1926.¹ She died on 22 August 1945.¹
     From before 1926, her married name became Pickles.¹ Her married name became Douglas.