George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig was born ... at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders - saw him become the 2nd Earl Haig of Bemersyde at the age of nine. Haig, who was known as Dawyck, was imprisoned ...

DAWYCK HAIG, the second ... although he altered it, Bemersyde remained museum-like, dominated by his father's war mementoes. He spent much of his life defending the first earl's reputation against ...

George (after his godfather King George V) Alexander (in deference to ... many battles of Scottish independence. Bemersyde was bought from Douglas Haig's cousin, Colonel Arthur Balfour Haig ...

nepalnepal — Earl Haig ... reputation weighed heavily on Haig, who titled his autobiography “My Father’s Son.” At prep school in Edinburgh, young George Alexander Eugene Douglas Haig ...

A lecture by Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Vesey-Holt, Royal Tank Regiment, commemorating the life of Field Marshal Earl Haig of Bemersyde and the forces he commanded. Recording: Douglas Haig Fellowship ...