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b. c. 1592,English-Speaking Students of Medicine at Leyden, ed. R.W. Innes Smith (Edinburgh, 1932), 70. ?s. of Rev. Alexander Douglas, bishop of Moray (d. 1623) and [Mary], da. of Robert Innes of that ilk.Annals of Banff ed. W. Cramond (2 vols. Aberdeen, 1891-3), i. 39; J. Dowden, Bishops of Scotland (Glasgow, 1912), 415-6. educ. Aberdeen Univ. AM 1608-9;Alumni of Aberdeen, 1596-1860, 3, 4; Fasti Aberdonenses, 452. Leiden Univ. 18 May 1622.Students at Leyden, 70. m. bef. 1626, Isobel Chisholm, wid. of Alexander Craig of Rosecraig, Banffshire, 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Annals of Banff ed. Cramond, i. 48; ii. 285; Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 192. d. aft. 1666.Students at Leyden, 70.
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Religious: kirk elder, Banff burgh 31 Aug. 1625. Commr. gen. assembly at St Andrews, 12 July 1642.Annals of Banff, i. 66, 69, 79, 87; ii. 25, 267, 270.

Civic: burgess, Banff burgh bef. 1631; bailiff, 1637; provost, 1639 – 45, 1648 – 50, 1653, 1656 – 59; commr. convention of burghs, 1649.Annals of Banff, i. 66, 69, 79, 87; ii. 25, 267, 270.

Scottish: commr. Banff, Scottish Parl. 1641, 1643, 1644 – 45, 1649 – 51; plantation of kirks, 1641; articles of treaty of Ripon, 1641. Member, cttee. of war, 1643; cttee. of estates, 1644 – 46, 1651; cttee. for the north, 1644; cttee. of war for Banffshire, 1648–9.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 191. Jt. sheriff, Banffshire 18 May 1652-bef. 1656.L.M. Smith, ‘Scotland and Cromwell’ (DPhil thesis, Oxford, 1979), 196; C219/45, unfol. Commr. assessment, Banff, Banffshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Aberdeenshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi, pt 2, 838; A. and O. J.p. Banffshire bef. Aug. 1656.Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 310; NRS, JC26/19, ‘Bundle 6’. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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DOUGLAS, Dr Alexander (b. c.1592), of Downies, Banffshire.

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