Title:

Gentleman

Military Rank:

Colonel

First Name:

Richard

Last Name:

Douglas

Memorial Type:

Memorial - Funerary

Does the monument still exist?

No

Installation Date:

post 1645

Inscription:

According to: Eneas Mackenzie, 'St Nicholas' church: Monumental inscriptions', in Historical Account of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Including the Borough of Gateshead, (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1827) pp. 256-275. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/newcastle-historical-account/pp256-275 [accessed 25 May 2024].

"Here lieth the body of Mrs. Margaret Lindsay, late wife to Lieutenant-colonel Richard Dowglas, Esq. and Governor of Hartellpool, son to Sir William Dowglas, of Cavers, Knt. and sheriff of Tiviotdale, who departed this life the 31st of December, 1645. "In life beloved, in death deplored of all, Here lyeth the world's loss to heav'n a gayn: She living died to vice, and now dead shall Her pretious name still live free of all stayne."

Allegiance:

Scots Covenanter

Condition Description:

Probably no longer in existence, having been destroyed during church refurbishments of 19th century.

Memorial Notes:

Richard Douglas (Dowglas) was a major in Callendar's Regiment of Foot (Army of the Solemn League and Covenant) and adjutant general in Callendar's army. He became governor of Hartlepool with six companies of Callendar's foot as garrison in 1644 and became colonel in Greenhead's Regiment of Foot.

See:
Terry, Charles Sanford 1899 (2015 edition) The Life and Campaigns of Alexander Leslie, London, Forgotten Books, FB & c Ltd., pp.288, 431-2
Furgol, Ed. 1990 A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651, Edinburgh, John Donald Publishers Ltd., pp. 119-120, 274, 313 & 312-13.