The 21st Earl of Morton

The 21st Earl of Morton
Title:The 21st Earl of
Surname:Morton
Year elected:1861
Last year on list:1935
Elected as:Lord Aberdour
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John Charles Sholto Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton (19 March 1927 – 5 March 2016) was a Scottish peer and landowner.

Douglas was the son of Hon. Charles William Sholto Douglas and Florence Timson, daughter of Edith Theodosia Glyn and Henry Thomas 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 was 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.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Merlin Schooner 1861 1861  
Myth Schooner 1862 1865  
Queen of the Isles Steam Ship 1881 1883  
Olivia Steam Ship 1884 1884  
Olivia Steam Ship 1885 1888  
Cressida Steam Ship 1889 1912  
Romola Steam Ship 1912 1912  
Majesta Steam Ship 1913 1926  
Stansgate Steam Ship 1928 1935  

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