John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton

Who is John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton?

John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton is a Scottish peer and landowner.

Douglas is the son of Hon. Charles William Sholto Douglas and Florence Timson. He was educated at Bryanston School and Canford School. He succeeded to the earldom in 1976, upon the death of his first cousin, the 20th Earl. Morton is a property consultant, a partner in Dalmahoy Farms and chairman of the Edinburgh Polo Club, and was a director in Scotland of the Bristol & West Building Society. In 1982, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of West Lothian, and he served as Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian from 1985 to 2002.

He married Mary Sheila Gibbs in 1949, by whom he has three children:

Lady Mary Pamela Douglas, married Richard Callander and has issue

John Stewart Sholto Douglas, Lord Aberdour, married Amanda Kirsten Mitchell and has issue

Hon. Charles James Sholto Douglas, married Anne Morgan and has issue