John Charles Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Dalmahoy, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland

Notes:

21st Earl of Morton (1976), younger son of Hon. Charles William Sholto Douglas (see Morton E.). Educated at Canford School, Dorset.

Farming at Lukers Farm, Brinkworth, Wilts., 1949-52, and since 1952 at Dalmahoy, Kirknewton, Midlothian.

Senior Partner Dalmahoy Farms and Chairman Dalmahoy Country Club 1978. Chairman Caledonian Building Society and later Scottish Director British and West Building Society.

In 1982, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of West Lothian, and he served as Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian from 1985 to 2002.

Played polo for Scotland 1977 and 1979 in Kenya.

John married Mary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of Morton on 20 Sep 1949 in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. Mary (daughter of Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC and Mary Rosamond McCorquodale) was born on 7 Mar 1927 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; died on 1 May 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lady Mary Pamela Douglas
2. John Stewart Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton
3. Hon. Charles James Sholto Douglas

Charles married Florence Timson on 15 Apr 1926. Florence (daughter of Major Henry Thomas Timson and Edith Theodesia Glyn) was born on 25 May 1897; died in 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Nov 1844, Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1861, Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Launde Loddington, Leicestershire

Notes:

He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Midlothian Yeomanry. He succeeded as the 19th Earl of Morton on 24 March 1884.1 He was appointed Representative Peer [Scotland] between 1886 and 1935. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Midlothian. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Argyllshire. He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Argyllshire. He was Head Coast Watcher, Royal Navy at sea between 1914 and 1916.

Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton, DL (5 November 1844 – 8 October 1935) was a major landowner in Scotland, a businessman with mining investments in what is now Svalbard, Norway, and politician, serving as a representative peer (1886–1935) after being elected by the Peerage of Scotland.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholto_Douglas,_19th_Earl_of_Morton

Sholto married Helen Geraldine Maria Ponsonby, Countess of Morton on 25 Jul 1877 in St. Mark's, North Audley St, Mayfair, London. Helen (daughter of Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, 2nd Baron de Mauley of Canford and Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby) was born in Jan 1853 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; died on 5 Jan 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 2 Feb 1853, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Henry married Edith Theodesia Glyn on 25 Jul 1896. Edith died on 28 Mar 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Age: 81

Charles married Maria Jane Elizabeth Ponsonby. Maria (daughter of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough and Rt Hon Lady Maria Fane) was born on 14 Mar 1819; died on 13 sept 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]