William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton Treasurer of Scotland KG

1582 - 1648  (66 years)

• Name	William Douglas  [1]
  Suffix	7th Earl of Morton Treasurer of Scotland KG
  Birth	1582	Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1630 and 1636	Scotland
  	Treasurer of Scotland
  Reference Number	25199
  Burial	1648	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland   [1]
  Death	7 Aug 1648	Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I25199	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Morton, Master of Morton,   b. UNKNOWN   d. 1585
  Relationship	biological
  Mother	Jean Lyon, Countess of Angus,   b. UNKNOWN   d. Abt 1610
  Relationship	biological
  Family ID	F8825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Keith, Countess of Morton,   b. 5 Dec 1586, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland d. 30 May 1648, Kirwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Mary Douglas, Lady Douglas Countess of Dunfermline,   b. 1607, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland d. 1659, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 52 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   2. Margaret Campbell,   b. 1610   d. 13 Mar 1678 (Age 68 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   3. Robert Douglas,   b. 1616, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland d. 12 Nov 1649, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland (Age 33 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   4. Issobel Douglas, Marchioness of Montrose,   b. 1630, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 16 Dec 1672, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 42 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]   5. Jean Home,   b. 1632, Glasgow City, Scotland d. Jun 1694, Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland (Age 62 years)  [Father: biological]  [Mother: biological]
  Family ID	F8834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 1582 - Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Treasurer of Scotland - Between 1630 and 1636 - Scotland Burial - 1648 - Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland Death - 7 Aug 1648 - Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton, KG

  
  

• Sources

  [S1674] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156196388/william-douglas