Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (died 1547) was a Scottish courtier and landowner. The son of Thomas Douglas, younger of Lochleven, and Elizabeth Boyd, his home was

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set on an island in Loch Leven. Some of his estate papers survive, including his Rental of

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, which includes his dairy farm at Fossoway tenanted by Robert Kyd.

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sent for three sons of James V, including his step-son Lord James of St Andrews, to come from St Andrews in June 1543 with

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. Douglas intercepted them and took away his wife's son. The other children joined

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and

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. He built a new hall and kitchen in the courtyard at Lochleven castle, and the Glassin Tower, where, it is believed

was imprisoned in 1568. He built another home on the shore of the lake, called the "Newhouse", roughly on the site of the present

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, where the castle stables were already located. Douglas hosted his tenants, called "bowmen" who held farms called "bowtouns", at the Newhouse at

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in 1546. He was killed at the

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Marriage and family

In 1527, Robert Douglas married

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, who had a son with

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, James Stewart, later Earl of Moray in 1531, after their marriage. James V even contemplated having them divorced and marrying Margaret Erskine. Robert Douglas and Margaret Erskine's children included: *

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* Robert Douglas, who married

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and was the father of

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. * George Douglas of Rungallie, gentleman and usher of the king's bedchamber in 1580 and envoy to France in 1581.William Boyd, ''Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1574-1581'', vol. 5 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 531. * Margaret Douglas * Euphemia Douglas, who married

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. * Janet Douglas, who married Sir James Colville of Easter Wemyss (d. 1562). * Catherine Douglas, who married David Durie.

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