Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet

Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, 6th Baronet (1694 - April 24, 1770) was the notable genealogist responsible for one of the most famous works on Scottish families, "The Baronage of Scotland".

Robert was the second son of Sir Robert Douglas, 4th Baronet, of Glenbervie (1661-1748) by his second wife, Jane Paterson, Lady Dunmure (d.1750), and succeeded his half-brother, Sir William Douglas, 5th Baronet, who died without issue.

He married, circa 1738, Margaret, daughter of Sir James Macdonald, 3rd Lord Sleat & 6th Baronet (d.1723), by his spouse Janet, daughter of Alexander Macleod of Talisker & Greshornish. They had three sons (two of whom died young), and a daughter, Janet (eventual heiress of this family), who married Sir Kenneth Mackenzie (later Douglas), Bt., of Kilcoy, and left issue.

Sir Robert was succeeded by his son and heir: Sir Alexander Douglas (1738-1812), 7th Baronet, of Glenbervie, who, although married to Barbara (d.1815), daughter of James Carnegie of Findhaven, left no issue.

References

* "The Royal Families of England Scotland and Wales, with their descendants", etc., by John and John Bernard Burke, London, 1848, volume 1, pedigree CLXXXV.
* "Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage", edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London, 1970.