Gibbs Family Tree
John Charles Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton
1927 - 2016 (88 years)1. John Charles Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton was born on 19 Mar 1927; died on 5 Mar 2016. 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]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. Lady Mary Pamela Douglas (1.John1) Mary married Richard Callander [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. John Stewart Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton (1.John1) John married Amanda Kirsten Mitchell, Countess of Morton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
4. Hon. Charles James Sholto Douglas (1.John1) Charles married Anne Morgan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 3
8. John David Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour (3.John2, 1.John1) John married Sarah Rosemary Rizzo [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]