Oley Douglas (21 March 1684 – 9 November 1719) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the eldest surviving son of John Douglas of Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, and East Matfen and Halton, Northumberland and entered Gray's Inn in 1703, where he was

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in 1710. He was a

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(MP) for

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, Northumberland from 1713 to 1715. He died aged 35 in 1719. He had married in 1718, Mary, the daughter of Richard Harris, a London merchant, and had one daughter.

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1684 births 1719 deaths People from Morpeth, Northumberland Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1713–1715 {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub