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Douglas, Archibald James Edward, 1748-1827
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1748-1827
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DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD JAMES EDWARD, 1ST BARON DOUGLAS, son of Col. Sir John Stewart, Bart., of Grandtully, and his second wife Lady Jane Douglas, dau. of James Douglas, 2nd Marquis of Douglas (S), and sister of Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas (S); b. 10 Jul 1748; previously at Rugby Sch., adm. 1759; at Westminster School 1761-5 (in school list Jun 1764); served heir of entail and provision to the Duke of Douglas 9 Sep 1761, when he assumed the surname of Douglas in lieu of Stewart; his right to the Douglas estates was disputed by the Duke of Hamilton, the heir male of the family, on the ground that he was a suppositious child of Lady Jane; the estates were confirmed to him by the House of Lords 27 Feb 1769, reversing an earlier decision by the Court of Session; MP Forfarshire 11 Feb 1782-90; created Baron Douglas (GB) 8 Jul 1790; Lord Lieut. Forfarshire from 6 May 1794; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1771 Lady Lucy Graham, dau. of William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose; m. 2nd, 13 May 1783 Lady Frances Scott, dau. of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (qv); d. 26 Dec 1827. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.