George T (Douglas) Thirteenth Earl of Morton (1662 - 1738)

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George (Douglas) Thirteenth Earl of Morton is a member of Clan Douglas.

George Douglas was a member of the aristocracy in Scotland.

George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton (1662-1738) was the son of James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton and Anne Hay. He m.(1) the daughter of Alexander Muirhead and (2) Frances Adderly, daughter of William Adderly, bef. 1702.

MP Kirkall [Scotland] 1702-1707, (Whig) for Linlithgow 1708-1713, Orkney and Shetland 1713-1715 and 1722-1730. He succeeded his elder brother as 13th Earl of Morton on 22 January 1730. He served as a Representative Peer for Scotland between 1730 and 1738.

By his 1st Wife, he had:-

1. A son, who died in infancy.

Children of George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton and his 2nd wife, Frances Adderly

1. Colonel Robert Douglas d. 30 Apr 1745
2. William Douglas, died young.
3. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton b. 1709, d. 12 Oct 1768

Research Notes

• The Peerage

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See also:

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Morton." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907. 78. Print.