1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, ioth earl (c. 1554-1611), was the son of William, the gth earl (1533-1591). He studied at St Andrews University and joined the household of the earl of Morton. Subsequently, while visiting the French court, he became a Roman Catholic, and was in consequence, on his return, disinherited and placed under restraint. Nevertheless he succeeded to his father's titles and estates in 1591, and though in 1592 he was ^disgraced for his complicity in Lord Bothwell's plot, he was soon liberated and performed u…
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