An adequate history of the Douglases would be largely one of Scotland itself, where they long rivalled the royal power, and eleven times married into it. Perhaps originally kinsmen of Freskin, the Clan Murray founder, it is in the South that they first came to note. Here in the 12th century they originated the `Black Douglases`--of Douglasdale (Lanarkshire), Dumfriesshire, and Galloway. The next century saw the `Red Douglases` established at Dalkeith (whence sprang the earls of Morton), and then in Angus. The term `Black Douglas` was first applied by the English to the Sir James who was Bruce`s doughty lieutenant, to fall at last in Spain when on his final service of conveying the royal heart to the Holy Land. Septs: CAVERS DOUGLASS DRYSDALE FOREST FORREST GLENDINNING INGLIS KIRKPATRICK LOCKERBY MACGUFFIE MACGUFFOCK MORTON SANDILANDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scottish Surnames some showing Clan or Sept connection and approximate District or Century earliest known in Scotland. Information from the Revised Second Edition "Scots Kith and Kin". Sept: A Division of a Family, especially a Division of a Clan.