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George Douglas, Master of Angus (1469–9 September 1513) was a Scottish Nobleman. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian The Kingdom of Scotland ( Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba, Scots: Kinrick o Scotland) was a State in northwest Europe The son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus and Elizabeth Boyd, daughter of Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, he was born at Tantallon Castle and died at the Battle of Flodden. Robert Boyd (d c1470 Lord Boyd was a Scottish statesman A son of Sir Thomas Boyd (d Tantallon Castle is a mid 14th century fortress located 5 km (3 miles south-east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in the county of Northumberland, in northern England on September 9, 1513,

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In 1489 the 5th Earl of Angus, George's father resigned his lordships of Tantallon, Douglasdale, Liddesdale, Ewesdale, Eskdale, Selkirk, and Jedburgh Forest to the crown. Tantallon Castle is a mid 14th century fortress located 5 km (3 miles south-east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Selkirk, a town and former Royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, lies on the River Ettrick, a tributary of the River Tweed. Jedburgh (Referred to locally Jeddart or Jethart is a town and former Royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire. James III then granted a new charter in favour of the Master. James III can refer to James III of Cyprus (1473–1474 James III of Majorca (c

During the stand off between James III and the party backing his son James, then Duke of Rothesay, the Master attended the last parliament of the king before his death the Battle of Sauchieburn. The Battle of Sauchieburn was fought on June 11, 1488, at the side of Sauchie Burn a brook about two miles south of Stirling, Scotland. It is not recorded to which faction the younger Angus adhered to. He attended parliament again under the newly crowned James IV in 1490.

The Master did not take an active part in Public affairs until 1499 when he took formal control over his lordships of Eskdale and Ewesdale. Public administration can be broadly described as the development implementation and study of branches of government Policy. These lordships had become renowned for lawlessness and banditry, and the Master was appointed by the King as warden of Eskdale. In his capacity of Warden he met with his English counterpart Lord Dacre at Canonbie to here grievances and fix punishments. 'Lord Dacre' redirects here Lord Dacre can also refer to Hugh Trevor-Roper Baron Dacre of Glanton, a historian and life peer Canonbie is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland, six miles south of Langholm and two miles north of the Anglo-Scottish

The Younger Angus was not a particularly effective at restoring law and order. His undue leniency to his own tenantry caused the King to deprive him of office in 1506, granting it instead to Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home. George did however, gain the Barony of Crawford-Lindsay in 1510, and his father made over his estates of Kirriemuir, Abernethy, and Horsehopcleugh in the same year. Crawford Castle, substantially in ruins is located on the north bank of the River Clyde, around half a mile north of Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie, is a Burgh in Angus, Scotland. Abernethy ( Obar Neithich) is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated eight Miles south-east of Perth.

Death at Flodden Field

In late August of 1513 the Master of Angus rode out with his father the Earl, and his younger brother Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie at the head of a large Douglas contingent and their adherents. The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in the county of Northumberland, in northern England on September 9, 1513, Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie Knt. (c 1473 &ndash September 9, 1513) was a Scottish nobleman who fell at Flodden. On reaching the mustering point at the Ellemford, north of Duns, they joined with the largest and most modern army that Scotland had ever fielded. Duns was created a Burgh of Barony in 1490 by James IV, and is a former County town of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. The army proceeded under King James into England where it eventually met with the army of the Earl of Surrey at Flodden Edge. Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443 &ndash 21 May 1524) was an English soldier and statesman and son of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk

A petulant Earl of Angus having had his advice snubbed by King James left the field and returned to Scotland, leaving the Master and his brother in charge of the Douglas contingent.

Nothing more is recorded of the Master of Angus except an anecdote recorded by David Hume of Godscroft recording the last moments of King James. David Hume (1558 - 1629 was a Scottish historian and political theorist When Sir Edward Stanley had broken the Scottish left under the Earl of Lennox and Earl of Argyll. Matthew Stewart 2nd Earl of Lennox (Bef 5 May 1488-9 September 1513 Flodden was a prominent Scottish nobleman Gillespie Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl of Argyll (died September 9, 1513) was a Scottish Nobleman and Politician. King James in the centre dismounted and prepared to make his stand amongst his spearmen. On noticing the Master of Angus still on horseback, he cried to him, "asking if it had been in the manner of his race to remain mounted while their sovereign fought on foot". To which the Master replied asking whether "it was the fashion of the King of Scots to wear his mail and armorial bearings while fighting on foot". The master hit a raw nerve in James chivalric mind and he replied "I dare fight upon my feet as well as you orany subject I have, and that without coat-armour or royal cognisance. "

The English Billmen now closed on the Scottish centre and King James was found within a spear length of Surrey. Whether Godscroft's anecdote is true or not, that the Master of Angus taunts drove him to his death, the Master was equal to the King in reckless gallantry. The Master's corpse was found amongst the twelve Scottish Earls and seventeen Lords which lost their lives. According to Godscroft over 200 men of the name of Douglas died also.

Marriage

In 1485 the Master of Angus was contracted in marriage to Margaret, daughter of Laurence Oliphant, 1st Lord Oliphant. It appears that this contract was not fulfilled as George was wed in 1488 to Elizabeth Drummond, daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond. The strictures of a small feudal society such as Scotland, it was found out some years after the marriage that it was within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. Consanguinity (" con- (with sanguine (blood -ity" refers to the property of being from the same Lineage as another person The Master of Angus applied for and successfully obtained Papal dispensation in 1495. Papal dispensation is a reserved right of the Pope that allows for individuals to be exempted from a specific Canon Law.

Issue

By Elizabeth Drummond, George Master of Angus had three sons and four daughters:

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