Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton

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

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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]

1. Lord Aberdour Sholto Charles Watson Douglas was born on 4 Dec 1878 in 27 Grosvenor St, London; died on 29 Sep 1911 in Birdlip, Gloucestershire; was buried in St. Mary's, Dalmahoy, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
2. Charles William Sholto Douglas was born on 19 Jul 1881; died on 10 Oct 1960.