Douglas Family

including several

Thank you to Sally E Douglas, Melbourne, Australia, great-grand-daughter of Gabriel Douglas 1822, for emailing some Douglas family details to me, from which I was able to compile this part of the family tree. 

The dates in this chart are dates of birth.   I have included:

-  names of the artists and photographers (lines 3 and 4 of the chart)
-  some of their ancestors (lines 1 and 2 of the chart). 

Many of the other un-named people in the chart were clock and watch-makers.

-  Watchmaker

-  Master Clock + Watch-maker and Jeweller

-  Watchmaker & Jeweller,  Lanarkshire

-  Born. Muirkirk, Ayrshire

-  Portrait Painter, Photographer and possible snuff box painter, Ayrshire

-  Born Dollar, Clackmannanshire

UPDATE

Since I drew the family tree above, I have been told of more photographers in John's family.

John had 6 sons; 4 were photographers:

-  Walter Douglas 1835 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire,
Photographer in 1861 - Walter died in 1868

-  Thomas Lorimer Douglas 1841
 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire

-  John Douglas c1844 Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Photographer

-  Robert Douglas c1846 Ireland

-  William Douglas c1840 Glasgow, Lanark
Photographer in 1881

-  Portrait  and  Subject Painter + Picture Restorer

-  Painted Lord Melville, Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Strathmore, Earl of Moray

-  Lived at 9 and 80 Hill Square, Edinburgh (between 1935 and 1960) then at Grange Loan (1871, 1881)

-  Born, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

-  Studied RSA, 1841-44

-  Exhibited RSA, 1837-43

-  Photographer

-  Died 1868

- Sports, Animal, Genre and Portrait Painter + Engraver

-  Painted Sporting, Animal and  Genre subjects, in the style of Landseer

-  Born, Edinburgh 1848

-  Lived at Grange Loan, Edinburgh with his father (1871).

-  Moved to London (and Sussex?), 1873

-  Died London, 1914

-  Studied RSA, 1866-68

Other Painters named Douglas

Sally mentioned two other references to Douglas painters. Both are mentioned in The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 1861-98 published by Woodland Press, 1990.

-  Painter, Glasgow, 1877

Question:  Was he the same person as T H Douglas, Edinburgh, professional photographer, 1868-71?

Other Painters named Douglas

Sally also mentioned other Douglas artists including the following.  All are listed in the "World Dictionary of Artists" [source: Victoria and Albert Museum] :

Thank you to Sally E Douglas for sending me e-mails on December 12 and December 17, 2006 including some information provided by The Royal Scottish Academy.  I used the details in the email to compile the family tree above.

Sally mentioned that she has copies of 3 paintings, all  by James Douglas 1810.  The subjects are:

-  John Douglas c.1750 (the artist's grandfather) painted around 1826.

-  James Douglas 1810 (self portrait), painted around 1826.

-  Edwin James Douglas 1848  (the artist's son).

Sally E Douglas is:

-   Great-grand-daughter of Gabriel Douglas 1822-1902, Muirkirk, Ayrshire,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,  Lanarkshire, Scotland

-   Grand-daughter of Gabriel (also known as Gilbert) Douglas 1869-1946,
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
Watchmaker and Jeweller, Builder and Property Developer.

Douglas  Artists  -  Family Tree

Douglas Photographers + Artists  + questions