Douglas baronets of Carr (1777)

Escutcheon of the Douglas baronets of Carr

The Douglas baronetcy of Carr, Perthshire was created on 23 January 1777 in the Baronetage of Great Britain for Captain Charles Douglas as a result of his service at Quebec during the American Revolutionary War. Upon his death in 1789, his eldest son William Henry Douglas inherited the title. He was unmarried, and upon his death in 1809, the baronetcy passed to his youngest brother, General Sir Howard Douglas, their middle brother having died as well.[1]

The baronetcy became extinct on the death of the 6th Baronet in 1940.[2]

  1. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 193–194.
  2. ^

    "Douglas, Major Sir James Stewart". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)