- Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde
Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (d. 1455) was a Scottish Soldier and nobleman, a member of the powerful Black Douglases.
He was the fourth son of James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas and his wife Beatrice Lindsay, daughter of
Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney . He was a younger brother ofWilliam Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas ,James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas ,Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray and older toJohn Douglas, Lord of Balvenie .Life
He was created Earl of Ormonde before 1445 when he attended a meeting of the
Parliament of Scotland , under that title. He received from his brother the 8th Earl, the lands ofRattray ,Aberdour , andCrimond inAberdeenshire , that ofDunsyre ,Lanarkshire , and those ofArdmanach (Modern Redcastle, between Tore andMuir of Ord ) and Ormonde, (modern dayAvoch ) inInvernesshire .He led the Scots to victory at the
Battle of Sark , against a scion of the old Douglas enemy ,Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland . Ormonde was left in control of the vast Douglas estates when his brother went on pilgrimage toRome in 1450. Following the assassination of his eldest brother by the hand of the King, James II, Ormonde along with his brothers renounced their allegiance to the King and went into open rebellion.The brothers, excepting the new 9th Earl, faced the Royal forces at the
Battle of Arkinholm . The royal army led by a kinsmanGeorge Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus , defeated the Black Douglas brethren. Moray dying of his wounds, Balveny escaped, Ormonde , however was captured, tried and executed, his estates forfeit.Issue
Ormonde had by an unknown wife, one child:
*Hugh Douglas, became Dean of Brechin CathedralReferences
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*Balfour Paul, Sir James"The Scots Peerage" IX vols. Edinburgh, 1907 [http://www.openlibrary.org/details/scotspeeragefoun06pauluoft]
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