About John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton
Lived 1927 – 2016 (aged 88). John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton was a British politician.
John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton (19 March 1927 – 5 March 2016) was a Scottish peer and landowner.
Douglas was the son of Hon. Charles William Sholto Douglas and Florence Timson, daughter of Edith Theodosia Glyn and Henry Thomas Timson. He was educated at Bryanston School and Canford School.
He married Mary Sheila Gibbs (1927-2016) in 1949, by whom he had three children: Lady Mary Pamela Douglas (b. 1950), married Richard Callander and has issue John Stewart Sholto Douglas, 22nd Earl of Morton (b. 1952), married Amanda Kirsten Mitchell and has issue Hon. Charles James Sholto Douglas (b. 1954), married Anne Morgan and has issue
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British earl (1927-2016)
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John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton was born on 19 March 1927.
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John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton died on 5 March 2016.
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John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton was a politician.
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