Sir George Douglas, 2nd Baronet (1 March 1754 – 4 June 1821) was a Scottish soldier and politician.
Biography
The eldest son of Admiral
Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet
Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1703 – 2 November 1787) was a Scottish naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland.
Naval career
Douglas became a captain in the Royal Navy in 1744. In 1745 he commanded HMS ''Mermaid'' at Louisbou ...
, of Springwood Park, he succeeded to
the title in 1787. From 1784 to 1806 he sat in Parliament for
Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and ...
, through the influence of
the Duke of Roxburghe. On 16 October 1786 he married Lady Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of
John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow; they had a son and two daughters.
[D. G. Henry and R. G. Thorne]
DOUGLAS, Sir George, 2nd Bt. (1754-1821), of Springwood Park, Roxburgh.
in ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820'' (1986).
References
1754 births
1821 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain
Grenadier Guards officers
King's Own Scottish Borderers officers
British MPs 1784–1790
British MPs 1790–1796
British MPs 1796–1800
UK MPs 1801–1802
UK MPs 1802–1806
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