Everything about William Douglas 10th Earl Of Angus totally explained
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus (
1552 –
March 3,
1611), was the son of
William, the 9th Earl (
1533-
1591). He was a direct descendant of
King James I through his paternal grandmother, Lady Agnes Keith, a daughter of
William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.
He studied at
St. Andrews University and joined the household of the
Earl of Morton. Subsequently, while visiting the French court, he became a
Roman Catholic, and was in consequence, upon his return, disinherited and placed under restraint.
Nevertheless he succeeded to his father's titles and estates in
1591, and though in
1592 he was disgraced for his complicity in
Lord Bothwell's plot, he was soon liberated and performed useful services as the King's Lieutenant in the north of Scotland. In July
1592, however, he was asking for help from
Queen Elizabeth in a plot with
Erroll and other lords against
Sir John Maitland, the Chancellor, and protesting his absolute rejection of Spanish offers, but in October he signed the
Spanish Blanks, and upon the discovery of this treason was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle on his return in January
1593.
He succeeded on the 13th in escaping by the help of his Countess, joining the Earls of Huntly and Erroll in the north. They were offered an Act of "oblivion" or "abolition" provided they renounced their religion or quitted
Scotland. Declining these conditions they were declared traitors and "forfeited."
They remained in rebellion, and in July
1594 an attack made by them on Aberdeen roused James's anger. Huntly and
Erroll were subdued by James himself in the north, and Angus failed in an attempt upon Edinburgh in concert with the
Earl of Bothwell.
Subsequently in
1597 they all renounced their religion, declared themselves
Presbyterians, and were restored to their estates and honours. Angus was again included in the
Privy Council, and in June
1598 was appointed the King's Lieutenant in southern Scotland, in which capacity he showed great zeal and conducted the "Raid of
Dumfries," as the campaign against the Johnstones was called.
Not long afterwards, Angus, offended at the advancement of Huntly to a Marquessate, recanted, resisted all the arguments of the ministers to bring him to a "better mind," and was again excommunicated in
1608.
In
1609 he withdrew into exile, and died in
Paris, France on
3 March 1611. He is buried at the
Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
He married
Elizabeth Oliphant, a daughter of Lawrence, 4th
Lord Oliphant, in spring
1585, and they'd three sons and two daughters. His second son, James, was created
Lord Mordington in
1641. His daughter Mary was married to Alexander Livingston, 2nd
Earl of Linlithgow.
From
The Scottish Nation:
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Issue
He was the author of the
Chronicle of the House of Douglas.
He was succeeded by his son
William, as 11th earl of Angus, afterwards 1st marquess of Douglas (1580-1660). The title
Earl of Angus is now held by the
Dukes of Hamilton, and is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son of the
heir apparent to the current dukedom.
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