Sir William Douglas Mausoleum On Visit To Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the Sir William Douglas Mausoleum on visit to Dumfries and Galloway. Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet was a Scottish landowner and industrialist. He began life as a humble pedlar but soon became wealthy from dealings in unspecified trade in America. He returned to Scotland in the late 18th century, where his major work was the development of cotton mills and a town next to Carlingwark Loch. Sir William also established cotton mills in Newton Stewart, which was temporarily renamed Newton Douglas in his honour, and a range of industries in Castle Douglas including a brewery, woollen mill, soap works and tannery. Douglas was granted a baronetcy in 1801. He died unmarried, in 1809, and his lands were divided amongst his nieces and nephews, whilst his baronetcy became extinct. The surname Douglas was first found in Moray, where the progenitor of the Clan is thought to be Archibald of Douglasdale, born 1198, died 1239. The Douglasses of Drumlanrig claim descent from Sir William Douglas, who was granted the lands of Drumlanrig in 1412 by King James I. The grandson of Archibald Douglasdale, known as William the Hardy, served as a companion-in-arms to William Wallace, the patriot leader of the Scottish wars of Independence. His two sons carried on his noble reputation. The first, William, was the progenitor of the Douglases of Morton and was granted the Earldom of Morton in 1458 by King James II. The second, Andrew, and his family became known as the Black Douglases. Douglas has been spelled Douglas, Douglass, Dougliss, Dougless, Dowglas, Duglas, Duglass and many more. Joseph Douglas, aged 32, was a Scottish farmer who was convicted in Dumfries, Scotland for 7 years for stealing, and transported aboard the Baring in April 1815, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1865; Adair Douglas, British Convict, was convicted in Stirling, Scotland for life, and transported aboard the Asia on 5th November 1835, arriving in Tasmania in 1836; Donald Douglas, aged 30, was a blacksmith, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship New Zealand in 1842; Donald Douglas, aged 24, landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1815; James Douglas landed in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1907; Alexander Douglas landed in South Carolina, America, in 1750; Adam Douglas arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1765; Campbell Douglas landed in Charleston, South Carolina, America, in 1813; Hugh Douglas settled in Virginia, America, in 1635. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.