Earls of Dumbarton (1675)

1^st Earl of Dumbarton, George Douglas, b.1635, a.1675, d.1691-1692

Son of William Douglas, 1^st Marquess of Douglas (formerly 11^th Earl of Angus) and his second wife Mary Gordon (b.c.1600, d.1674), daughter of George Gordon, 1^st Marquess of Huntly. He succeeded his older brothers as Colonel of the Douglas Regiment, later the 1^st Foot, Royal Scots in 1665. In 1685, he was commander of the Scottish Army that defeated the forces of the 9^th Earl of Argyll during the Monmouth Rebellion, for which he received a Knighthood in the Order of the Thistle in 1687. When his king, James VII and II, was declared forfeit and replaced by William of Orange, Dumbarton accompanied him into exile in France.

2^nd Earl of Dumbarton, George Douglas, b.1687, a.1692, d.1748-1749

Son of the 1^st Earl and Anne Wheatley (b.b.1671, d.?). When he died, the title became extinct.