William Douglas


William Douglas may refer to:

Earls and Dukes of Queensberry

  • William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman
  • William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman and politician, grandson of the above
  • William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman, great-grandson of the above

    Earls of Angus

  • William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman and soldier, grandson of the 1st Earl of Douglas
  • William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman and supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots
  • William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman, son of the above
  • William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and 11th Earl of Angus, Scottish nobleman, son of the above

    Earls of Douglas

  • William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, Scottish nobleman, grandson of William le Hardi, Lord of Douglas
  • William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, Scottish nobleman
  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, Scottish nobleman, cousin of the above

    Earls of Morton

  • William Douglas, 6th Earl of Morton, Scottish nobleman
  • William Douglas, 7th Earl of Morton, Scottish nobleman, grandson of the above

    Lords of Douglas

  • William I, Lord of Douglas, medieval nobleman of Flemish origin
  • William Longleg, Lord of Douglas, Scoto-Norman nobleman, grandson of the above
  • William le Hardi, Lord of Douglas, Scottish soldier and governor of Berwick Castle, son of the above
  • William IV, Lord of Douglas, Scottish nobleman, grandson of the above

    Other nobles and knights

  • William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, Scottish nobleman and soldier, cousin of the 1st Earl of Douglas
  • Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale, Scottish knight
  • Sir William Douglas of Drumlanrig, Scottish knight, grandson of the 1st Earl of Douglas
  • Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, Scottish knight killed at the Battle of Flodden
  • William Douglas, 2nd Lord Mordington, Scottish nobleman, grandson of the 10th Earl of Angus
  • Sir William Douglas of Kelhead, Scottish Covenanter colonel, son of the 1st Earl of Queensberry
  • William Hamilton, Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman and politician, son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas
  • William Douglas, 14th of Cavers , Scottish landowner and politician, MP for Roxburghshire 1715–22, 1727–34, 1742–47, and for Dumfries Burghs 1722–27
  • Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet, Scottish landowner and politician, MP for Dumfries Burghs, great-great-grandson of Sir William Douglas of Kelhead
  • Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet, Scottish mill owner, landowner and founder of Castle Douglas
  • Lord William Douglas, Scottish politician and landowner, son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet

    Arts

  • William Douglas , Scottish writer, probable author of the poem "Annie Laurie"
  • William Douglas , Scottish miniature and portrait painter
  • Sir William Fettes Douglas, Scottish painter
  • Billy Douglas , American jazz trumpeter and vocalist
  • Bill Douglas, Scottish film director
  • Bill Douglas , Canadian composer, pianist and bassoonist

    Law

  • William O. Douglas, United States Supreme Court justice
  • Sir William Randolph Douglas, Chief Justice of Barbados

    Military

  • William Douglas of Kirkness, Scottish general and politician
  • William Douglas , American military officer during the American Revolutionary War
  • Sir William Douglas , British Army general in the War of 1812
  • Sir William Douglas of Balgillo, British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars
  • William Bloomfield Douglas, Royal Navy officer and colonial official
  • Sir William Douglas , British Army general in the First World War
  • Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, Marshal of the Royal Air Force

    Politics

  • William Lewis Douglas, governor of Massachusetts, 1905–1906
  • William Douglas, member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 1886–1892
  • William H. Douglas, U.S. Representative from New York
  • Billy Douglas , unionist activist from Northern Ireland
  • William Douglas , Orangeman and Assembly member

    Sports

  • William Douglas , New Zealand cricketer
  • Billy Douglas , Welsh rugby union player
  • William Douglas, Scottish footballer for Newton Heath and Blackpool
  • William Douglas , Scottish footballer for Queen's Park
  • Bill Douglas , Australian rugby union player
  • William Douglas , New Zealand cricketer
  • William Douglas, Scottish footballer for Montrose, Brechin City, Blackburn Rovers, Dick, Kerr's XI and Rochdale in the 1930s
  • William Douglas , American boxer

    Others

  • William Douglas , Scottish and American maritime fur trader
  • William Douglas , Church of England priest, Archdeacon of Wilts, 1799–1804
  • William Douglas , Scottish advocate and Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1812–1816
  • William O. Douglas, American who in 1878 received a patent for a lenticular truss bridge

    Fictional characters

  • Billy Douglas, fictional character on the American television series ''One Life to Live''