Sholto Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton


Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton was the son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
He was Colonel of a regiment of light dragoons, the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, raised in Scotland in 1759 and disbanded in 1763.
In February 1754 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had two sons: