Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig (30 October 1722 – 19 October 1754) was the eldest son of

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, 2nd Duke of Dover, and his wife

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. He was educated at

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and at Christ Church,

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and then chose a military life. He served in two campaigns under the Earl of Stair and three campaigns under the

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, where, at the Siege of

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, he so distinguished himself that Charles Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ordered his ambassador in London to wait on the Duke of Queensberry to thank him for the services performed by his son. He commanded a regiment of two battalions in the

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in the

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between 1747 and 1753. He married on 24 July 1754 Lady Elizabeth Hope, daughter of

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, but accidentally shot himself dead near Bawtry, in

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on 19 October 1754. His widow died only 18 months later. Henry's brother, Charles, succeeded him, but died in 1756, leaving their father without heirs. The Queensberry titles passed in 1778 to a distant cousin, William Douglas, Earl of March and Ruglan.

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Heirs apparent who never acceded Drumlanrig