Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1703 for the General Charles Fredrick Douglas, 10th Baron Douglas. He had already inherited his family title of Baron Douglas. The First Earl Douglas was a General and chief advisor to Queen Anne. He was given the title Earl Douglas for his duty.

In 1705 the First Earl with his new wealth gained with his new title built the Baroque Douglas House on the foundations of the old family Manor House in Yorkshire. Both the fifth and sixth Earls were members of Parliament for the borough of Daventry. The seventh Earl was Home Secretary Benjamin Disraeli’s second government. The Eight Earl redesigned, updated and added to Douglas House after a fire in 1889. Today the House is one of England's Treasure Houses. He also tripled the size of the estate adding a dairy farm and bee farm as well. From the 1st Earl on the family was educated at Eton and then Cambridge. In 1921 the 10th Earl became Prime Minister till 1925 when the Conservatives lost the Election. He retired from politics for good but would be a ad hoc advisor for many member of government, especially during World War II, till his death. Like his grandfather, he was the epitome of a English Country Gentleman of the Day.

The Family Seat is Castle Douglas.



Baron Douglas (1458)
John Douglas 1st Baron Douglas(1430-1485) (Advisor to Henry VI)

Thomas Douglas 2nd Baron Douglas (1443-1524)

Thomas Douglas 3rd Baron Douglas (1473-1554) Thomas Douglas 4th Baron Douglas (1536-1572)

Philip Douglas, 5th Baron Douglas (1557–1595)

Thomas Douglas, 6th Baron Douglas (1585–1646)

Henry Douglas, 7th Baron Douglas (1608–1652)

Thomas Douglas, 8th Baron Douglas (1627-1677)

Henry Douglas, 9th Baron Douglas (1628-1684)

Earls Douglas (1718)
Charles Fredrick Douglas, 1st Earl Douglas (1652–1723) (Advisor to George I)

Charles Allen Douglas, 2nd Earl Douglas (1700-1768)

Henry George Douglas, 3rd Earl Douglas (1724-1789)

Albert Henry George Douglas, 4th Earl Douglas (1751-1812)

George Henry Douglas 5th Earl Douglas (1771–1843)

George Charles Douglas, 6th Earl Douglas(1790-1852)

Albert Robert Douglas, 7th Earl Douglas (1812-1873)

Henry George Douglas, 8th Earl Douglas (1830-1895)

Henry George Charles Douglas 9th Earl Douglas (1865-1919)

Edmund George Charles Douglas 10th Earl Douglas (1889-1969)

Edmund George Charles Douglas 11th Earl Douglas (1914- 2002)

Henry Edmund Douglas 12th Earl Douglas (1940-Present)