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Douglas Derrick Haig, 3rd Earl Haig (born 30 June 1961) is the only son of the 2nd Earl and his wife Adrienne Thérèse Morley. He has two older sisters, Lady Adrienne (born 1958) and Lady Elizabeth (born 1959). Styled as Viscount Dawick between 1961 and 2009, he was educated at
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