Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 55 of
55
with 100 triples per page.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet abstract "Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet (died 1809) was a Scottish landowner and industrialist, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (now within Dumfries and Galloway), south-west Scotland.He began life as a humble pedlar but soon became wealthy from dealings in an unspecified 'American trade'. He returned to Scotland in the late 18th century, where his major work was the development of cotton mills and a town next to Carlingwark Loch. This was a planned town set around a grid plan system of streets, similar to that of Edinburgh's New Town, planned at around the same time. This town was named Castle Douglas in 1792, having previously been known as \"Carlingwark\". Sir William also established cotton mills in Newton Stewart, which was temporarily renamed \"Newton Douglas\" in his honour, and a range of industries in Castle Douglas including a brewery, woollen mill, soap works and tannery.Douglas was granted a baronetcy in 1801. In 1805 he built himself a mansion at Gelston Castle, which has been attributed to architect Robert Crichton. The castellated mansion is currently a vacant shell [1] [2].An obelisk was erected in the village of Gelston in his memory. He died unmarried, in 1809, and his lands were divided amongst his nieces and nephews, whilst his baronetcy became extinct.".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet country Scotland.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet country United_Kingdom.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet thumbnail Sir_William_Douglas_Mausoleum.jpg?width=300.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageExternalLink f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:9836.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageExternalLink newcanmore.newcandig_details_imgsummary?inumlink=64471.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageID "3481965".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageLength "1963".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageOutDegree "18".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageRevisionID "706452302".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Baronet.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Carlingwark_Loch.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Castle_Douglas.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Category:1809_deaths.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Baronets_in_the_Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Scottish_landowners.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Category:Year_of_birth_missing.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Dumfries_and_Galloway.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Edinburgh.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Foreign_trade_of_the_United_States.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Grid_plan.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Kirkcudbrightshire.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink New_Town,_Edinburgh.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Newton_Stewart.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink File:Sir_William_Douglas_Mausoleum.jpg.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir William Douglas of Castle Douglas".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir William Douglas".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Other_people.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Scotland-bio-stub.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet subject Category:1809_deaths.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet subject Category:Baronets_in_the_Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet subject Category:Scottish_landowners.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet subject Category:Year_of_birth_missing.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet hypernym Landowner.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Agent.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Baronet.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Person.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Person.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Baronet.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Agent.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type NaturalPerson.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Thing.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Q215627.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Q5.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet type Person.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet comment "Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet (died 1809) was a Scottish landowner and industrialist, best known for founding the planned town of Castle Douglas in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright (now within Dumfries and Galloway), south-west Scotland.He began life as a humble pedlar but soon became wealthy from dealings in an unspecified 'American trade'. He returned to Scotland in the late 18th century, where his major work was the development of cotton mills and a town next to Carlingwark Loch.".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet label "Sir William Douglas, 1st Baronet".
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet sameAs Q7529559.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet sameAs m.09fv68.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet sameAs Q7529559.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet wasDerivedFrom Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet?oldid=706452302.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet depiction Sir_William_Douglas_Mausoleum.jpg.
- Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet isPrimaryTopicOf Sir_William_Douglas,_1st_Baronet.