Howard Douglas
General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet (23 January 1776 – 9 November 1861) was a British military officer born in Gosport, England, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and a descendant of the Earls of Morton. He was an English army general, author, colonial administrator and Member of Parliament for Liverpool.
John Douglas Sr.
John Douglas, often spelled Douglass in early Maryland records, was born in Scotland c. 1636, probably at his father's estate of Blythswood near Glasgow. He emigrated to Maryland in c. 1654, during the English Civil War. His father, Sir Robert Douglas of Blackerstoun and Blythswood, was a prominent Catholic Royalist and a descendant of the Douglas of Mains family, a cadet branch of the Black Douglases. Through his mother, Douglas was a grandson of Robert Douglas, Viscount Belhaven, a prominent member of King James I/VI Court in London.