Tour Scotland 4K short Autumn travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Broughty Castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Broughty Ferry by the Firth of Tay near Dundee, Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish castle was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454 when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus received permission to build on the site. His son Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus was coerced into ceding the castle to the crown. The main tower house forming the centre of the castle with four floors was built by Andrew, 2nd Lord Gray who was granted the castle in 1490. 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. The Firth of Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Linne Tatha, is a firth or estuary on the east coast of Scotland, into which the River Tay, Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, empties. The firth is surrounded by four council areas: Fife, Perth and Kinross, City of Dundee, and Angus. Its maximum width at Invergowrie. The Firth of Tay in Antarctica was discovered in 1892 by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expedition and named by him after the one in Scotland. He also named nearby Dundee Island in honour of the main city on the firth. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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