Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet ( – 16 May 1783) was a Scottish politician and nobleman.

Early life

Lockerbie House Hotel in 1959 (geograph 2228462)

The son of Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet and his wife, Christian Cunningham, daughter of Sir William Cunningham, 2nd Baronet, he was a descendant of Lady Catherine Douglas, sister of

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. Sir William was educated at

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Career

He served as Member of Parliament for Dumfries Burghs between 1768 and 1780. He succeeded his uncle Charles Douglas, a wealthy

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merchant to his Breconwhat estate in Dumfries in 1770. Sir William later commissioned the building of Lockerbie House. He was also a favourite of his relative the

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, who bequeathed to him £16,000 upon his death in October 1778.

Personal life

On 21 March 1772, Douglas was married to Grace Johnstone, a daughter of William Johnstone. Together, they were the parents of five sons and four daughters, including: * Lady Mary Douglas (d. 1841), who married Maj.-Gen. Sir

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(1777–1837), who married Lady Caroline Scott, the third daughter of

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and Lady Elizabeth Montagu (the only daughter of

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and

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). * John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856), who married Sarah Douglas, daughter of Maj. James Sholto Douglas, in 1817. * Henry Alexander Douglas (1781–1837), who married Elizabeth Dalzell, a daughter of Robert Dalzell, in 1812. *

Lord William Robert Keith Douglas Lord William Robert Keith Douglas (1783 – 5 December 1859) was a British politician and landowner. He was the fourth son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead and younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberr ...

(1783–1859), an MP for Dumfries Burghs;''The House of Commons 1790-1820''; Roland G. Thorne he married Elizabeth Irvine, daughter of Walter Irvine, in 1824. Sir William died on 16 May 1783.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, page 3235.

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Sir William Douglas, 4th Bt of Kelhead
{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, William, 4th Baronet 1730s births 1783 deaths People from Lockerbie Alumni of the University of Glasgow Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia