George Douglas of Longniddry

George Douglas of Longniddry (floruit 1580-1610) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.

He was the son of Francis Douglas of Borg and Elizabeth Fairlie. His father's tutor was John Knox, and he joined Knox in St Andrews Castle in 1547.[1]

The lands of this branch of the Douglas family were at Longniddry in East Lothian. Hugh Douglas of Longniddry, his uncle, was a supporter of pro-english policy during the war of the Rough Wooing and wrote to the Duke of Somerset offering support in November 1547. When Somerset captured Hailes Castle in February 1548 he made Hugh Douglas its keeper.[2] Their castle at Longniddry was probably demolished on the orders of the governor, Regent Arran.

George Douglas was in Denmark with James VI in 1590.[3] He became a servant of Anne of Denmark, wife of James VI.[4]

In July 1594 he was sent to England with Richard Cockburn of Clerkington and James Bellenden to ask Queen Elizabeth for sudsidy money.[5] He returned to Edinburgh on 19 August and told the English ambassador Robert Bowes that he had seen wagons with presents for the baptism of Prince Henry at Berwick-upon-Tweed.[6]

In September 1594 he was a captain of horsemen in the army sent to the north of Scotland against the rebel earls.[7]

References
  1. Jane Dawson, John Knox (Yale, 2015), pp. 24, 41.
  2. Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), pp. 37-8 no. 78, 85 no. 174, 93 no. 190.
  3. David Stevenson, Scotland's Royal Wedding (Edinburgh, 1997), p. 122.
  4. Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 393.
  5. Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 396.
  6. Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 418.
  7. Annie I. Cameron, Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1593-1595, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 443-4.
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