Commons 1754-1790

b. 1707, 1st s. of William Douglas of Fingland, Kirkcudbright Stewartry by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Capt. Alexander Clerk of Glendorch, Lanark, an Edinburgh merchant. m. 1746, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Burchard of Witham, Essex, 6s. 5da.

b. 10 July 1748, 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Steuart, 3rd Bt., of Grandtully, Perth by his 2nd w. Lady Jane Douglas, o. sis. of Archibald, 1st Duke of Douglas [S]. educ. Rugby 1759-61, Westminster 1761-5. m. (1) 13 June 1771, Lady Lucy Graham (d. 13 Feb. 1780), da. of William, 2nd Duke of Montrose [S], and sis. of James, Mq. of Graham, 3s. 1da.; (2) 13 May 1783, Lady Frances Scott, da. of Francis, Earl of Dalkeith, sis. of Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch [S], 5s. 3da. suc. uncle in the Douglas estates 21 July 1761, and assumed name of Douglas; and the Duke of Queensberry in the Amesbury estate 1778; cr. Baron Douglas 8 July 1790.

b. 17 July 1726, 2nd s. of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry [S] and 2nd of Dover [GB], by Lady Catherine Hyde, da. of Henry, 4th Earl of Clarendon. educ. Winchester 1734-41; Westminster 1742 Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1745. unm. suc. bro. Henry in the courtesy title of Earl of Drumlanrig 19 Oct. 1754.

b. 1 Mar. 1754, 1st s. of Sir James Douglas, 1st Bt. m. 16 Oct. 1786, Lady Elizabeth Boyle, da. of John, 3rd Earl of Glasgow [S], 1s. 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt., 2 Nov. 1787.

b. 1703, s. of George Douglas of Friarshaw, Roxburgh by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Patrick Scott, 2nd Bt., of Ancrum. m. (1) 1753, Helen (d. 1766), da. of Thomas Brisbane of Brisbane, Ayr, 4s. 3da.; (2) 25 Sept. 1768, Lady Helen Boyle, da. of John, 2nd Earl of Glasgow [S], s.p. Kntd. 16 Oct. 1759; cr. Bt. 27 June 1786.