Sholto George Watson Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton (5 November 1844 – 8 October 1935) was the son of Sholto John Douglas, 18th Earl of Morton (1818–1884), and Helen Watson, the daughter of James Watson of Saughton. He was a landowner and businessman.
The Earl of Morton had several Arctic interests. He and Alexander Bruce Hugh, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh had major shares in the little-known Spitzbergen Coal and Mineral Ltd of London before Morton became involved, with his son Rory, in the Spitzbergen Mining and Exploration Syndicate in 1906. They opened a coal mine at Camp Morton, Spitzbergen. He and his sons, Rory, Charley, Ronald and William sailed to Norway and Spitzbergen from May to July 1906 on the SY Latona.[1]
He served as a representative peer from 1886 to his death on 8 October 1935. He was a landowner and resident of Conaglen House in Ardgour, Argyllshire.[2]
His eldest son, Sholto Charles, Lord Aberdour, predeceased his father on 29 September 1911, so the Morton honours passed to the 19th Earl's grandson, Sholto Charles John Hay Douglas (1907–1976).