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Significant ScotsEarl Douglas Haig
Born the son of a Glasgow whiskey distiller on June 19, 1861, Douglas Haig would grow up to become a career officer and one of the most influential characters in World War I. Soon after attending Clifton College, Brasenose College Oxford and Sandhurst, Haig was commissioned into the 7th Hussars (1885) and first served in India. Through his service in India, Egypt, South Africa and the Sudan, Haig rose through the ranks, becoming a major general in 1906. He returned to the UK where he served as both Director of Military Training and Director of Staff Duties (and was promoted to General) before returning to India for several years, then on to France. Haig was given command of the First Army Corp in France upon outbreak of the first World War, with the British forces under the overall command of the then-Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, John French. However, French made several critical blunders early on in the war, and Haig succee...