Helen Alice Douglas

Helen married Lt Col Brian Eric Leslie Abdy Collins on 20 Oct 1947. Brian was born on 29 May 1913; died on 22 Dec 1952. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Capitain Gerald John Ponsonby, 6th Baron de Mauley of Canford on 16 Nov 1954. Gerald (son of Hubert William Ponsonby, 5th Baron de Mauley of Canford and Elgiva Margaret Dundas) was born on 19 Dec 1921; died on 17 Oct 2002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Alice Agnes Fox-Pitt on 11 Dec 1920. Alice (daughter of William Augustus Lane Fox-Pitt and Lily Ethel Payne) was born on 11 Dec 1899; died on 19 Jan 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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

William married Lily Ethel Payne. Lily died on 27 Feb 1924. [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]