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I'm not sure about the date (1562/67?) as I cannot read the text; but the seal does appear to be that of the earls of Lennox from 1495 (Scottish Armorial seals, p334). If the date is correct, it certainly throws up the conundrum of Andrew CoD once again - his existence is no longer in doubt, just his
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The first Colin was Laird of Mains and died in 1801, marked in the WP article as 15th. His brother Robert assumes the title on his death and has issue, firstly John who dies in 1803 (a year before his father but is still marked as Laird?) and secondly to the second Colin, who dies in 1820. The second
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Update on the gravestones - look like there's a pair from 1783 (or possibly 1785), one of which has an additional burial from 1811 added to it. All very indistinct, definitely "Douglas of" but I can't confirm anything else. It's quite possible that the Lairds (as heritors) would have been buried in
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Henrietta Dunlop was the sister-in-law of the first Colin, marrying his eldest brother. However, this is where the sources differ, because this source indicates that the oldest brother's name was not Andrew, but James. James is marked in the Mains article as 14th Laird. A special search on Google
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Curiously there is a document listing Andrew CoD as a baillie of the earl of Lennox in 1567 on ebay this week , listed as "Superb 1562 HAND WRITTEN Vellum MANUSCRIPT With Original WAX SEAL", which shows he was still alive in 1567. The other baillies of Lennox in 1567 were Alexander Campbell of
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I notice a recent revision and find that there is no discussion on the Douglas of Mains page. From your recollection, was there any? I find on other talk pages that revisions to the headers have resulted in deletion of discussion, which is concerning, do am wondering about this page.
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Thanks - I still have some working material that didn't go into the article that you may find useful. I also found (yesterday, while looking for traces of Archibald Campbell Douglas) what looks like it could be the grave marker of a Laird in
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churchyard. It was difficult to read and quite eroded, but if I can determine a year of death, that would be great. When I get it all together, I'll try to forward this stuff on to you at your Douglas archive site.
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I think the DYK is good to go, and marked it as such. The other day I left you a little note on my talkpage, and wondered if you knew more about the heraldry used within the family. Is there a Stewart connection?--
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Alexander Campbell of Ardoch turns up again at the same period (1499), this time accused of rustling oxen with the first Laird's father (Cunningham of Polmaise), recorded in the
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There are three Colins in the family tree at that time, according to "A Short History of Mains" which I happen to have left in my briefcase and can refer to right now.
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This family's history is quite a nightmare to follow due to the changing titles and associated surnames. It wouldn't surprise me if they used to confuse themselves!
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I see you are a member of the WIkiProject Chemical and Bio Engineering. I’ve made a number of proposals that I think improve the article about
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You are very welcome! I've some experience in managing a range of personalities in real life, so I guess that's been useful!
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I have this page on my watchlist and nothing seems to have flagged up recently. What kind of revision do you think happened?
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Reading the Standard article again, it actually refers to the joke as being "old", so I'll clarify that in the article. --
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A good article on a tricky genealogy, which I have never completely sorted out in the Douglas Archives. William Douglas
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Ardoch, William Lindsay, & Umphrey Levenax of Blarstchogill (sic), see top two lines of the document.
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as the son of Colin, as does the page I have just linked to. However, historyofparliamentonline.org (
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the church, but I'm not sure what would have happened to these when the new building was erected.
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Colin has issue, firstly the Archibald of the above article, and secondly to the third Colin.
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http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/campbell-archibald-1763-1838
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Aha! I believe the date is wrong; both Alexander Campbell of Ardoch and Umphrey Levenax of
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Can you help me review a series of updates to the article about the Harvard bio-engineer
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from 1480 and 1492 respectively, making them contemporary with the first laird, Andrew.
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A little digging suggests that it's actually an old Victor Lewis-Smith gag (
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a source from 2000 that attributes it to him), which sounds about right.
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Interesting document, well done for deciphering the handwriting!
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