1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside

Famous quotes containing the words baron and/or douglas:

    “I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking. But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they are still going.”
    —William Norman, 1st Baron Of Ulverston Birkett (1883–1962)

    “Annie Laurie
    Gie’d me her promise true;
    Gie’d me her promise true,
    Which ne’er forgot will be;
    And for bonnie Annie Laurie
    I’d lay me doune and dee.”
    —William Douglas (1672?–1748)