Tour Scotland video of the Thomas Douglas Wilson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In loving memory of Thomas Douglas Wilson, Second Lieutenant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Who fell in battle in France aged 26 on April 23rd, 1917. Only son of Lady Wilson, of Airdrie House, Airdrie, Lanarkshire and Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire, and third son of the late Sir John Wilson, husband of Kathleen Elise Knowles, formerly Wilson, nee Gray, of Kippen House, Dunning, Perthshire.
Douglas, occasionally spelled Douglass, is a common name of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Gaelic dubh glas, meaning " black stream ". There are numerous places in Scotland from which the surname is derived. The surname has developed into the given name Douglas. Douglas is a habitational name, which could be derived from any of the many places so named. While there are numerous places with this name in Scotland, it is thought, in most cases, to refer to Douglas, South Lanarkshire, the location of Douglas Castle, the chief stronghold of the Lords of Douglas. The Scottish Gaelic form of the given name is Dùbhghlas; the Irish language form it is Dúghlas, and Dubhghlas.
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