Detail, Douglas family Mausoleum, Cummertrees

John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779 – 19 December 1856), styled Lord John Douglas from May to December 1837, was a Scottish Whig politician.

Early life

Queensberry was the son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet (died 16 May 1783), and his wife, Grace (née Johnstone) who died 25 March 1836, and succeeded his elder brother, Charles (1777–1837), in the marquessate in December 1837.

Career

The same year he was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the

House of Lords The House of Lords, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Membership is by appointment, heredity or official function. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminste ...

) in the Whig administration of

Lord Melbourne William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, (15 March 177924 November 1848), in some sources called Henry William Lamb, was a British Whig politician who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835–1841). His first pre ...

, a position he held until the government fell in 1841. Between 1837 and 1850 he also served as

Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire This is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries. *William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry 17 March 1794 –1797 *Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch 17 November 1797 – 20 April 1819 *Charles Douglas, 6t ...

.Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

Personal life

On 16 July 1817, Douglas married Sarah (died 13 November 1864), daughter of James Sholto Douglas. They had two children : * Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (1818–1858), who married Caroline Margaret Clayton, daughter of Gen.

Sir William Clayton, 5th Baronet 200px, The House of Commons, 1833, by Sir George Hayter (died 1871), given to the National Portrait Gallery, London in 1858. Also known as "The Meeting of the First Reformed Parliament". Sir William Robert Clayton, 5th Baronet (28 August 1786 & ...

, in 1840. * Georgiana Douglas (born in 1819) Lord Queensberry died on 19 December 1856 and was succeed in the marquessate by his only son,

Archibald Archibald is a masculine given name, composed of the Germanic elements '' erchan'' (with an original meaning of "genuine" or "precious") and ''bald'' meaning "bold". Medieval forms include Old High German and Anglo-Saxon . Erkanbald, bishop of ...

Descendants

Through his son Archibald, he was a grandfather of Lady Gertrude Georgiana Douglas (who married Thomas Stock),

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, Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas,

Reverend Lord Archibald Edward Douglas Reverend Lord Archibald Edward Douglas (1850–1938) was the son of Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry and his wife Caroline Margaret Clayton, daughter of General Sir William Clayton, 5th Baronet (1786–1866). Reverend Lord Archibald ...

, Lady Florence Caroline Douglas, and Lord James Edward Sholto Douglas (who married racehorse breeder Martha Lucy Hennessy).

References

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