Clans & Tartans
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Douglas |
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| " Never behind " |
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| - Name Septs - |
Agnew, Blackett, Blacklock, Blackstock, Blackwood, Blalock,
Breckinridge, Brown, Brownlee, Cavan, Cavers, Dickey, Drysdale, Forest, Forrester,
Foster, Gilpatric, Glendinning, Glenn, Harkness, Inglis, Kidston, Kilgore, Kilpatrick,
Kirkland, Kirkpatrick, Lockerby, Lockery, MacGuffey, MacGuffock , McKitrick,
Morton,
Sandilands, Sandlin, Soule, Sterrett, Symington, Troup, Young |
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The Douglasses were
one of Scotland's most powerful families. Sir William de Douglas had 2 sons who fought at
the Battle of Largs against the Norse in 1263.
Another William Douglas was governor
of Berwick and was taken prisoner when the town was besieged by the English. He was
released after he agreed to accept Edward I as overlord of Scotland but later fought with
William Wallace for Scotland's independence. He was captured by the English again and died
in prison in 1302.
His son, "The Good Sir
James" was a lifelong friend and supporter of the Bruce and died in Spain carrying
the Bruce's heart to the Holy Land. Sir James had joined with the King of Castille in his
crusade against the Moors and was killed leading a charge against an enemy that far
outnumbered his own force. The Bruce's heart was recovered from the battlefield and
returned to Scotland.
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