William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
Noble person
1637 – 1695
Who was William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry?
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC, also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry, was a Scottish politician.
He was the son of James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry and his second wife Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair.
He was appointed a Scottish Privy Councillor in 1667, Lord Justice General from 1680 to 1682, and Lord High Treasurer of Scotland from 1682 to 1686. He was created Marquess of Queensberry on 11 February 1682 and Duke of Queensberry on 3 November 1684, with remainder to his heirs male. He refused to support James II's measures against the established church in 1685. He was Lord President of the Privy Council from 1686 to 1689. In 1687 he was accused of maladministration by the Earl of Perth and was stripped of his appointments. From 1685 he was one of the lords of the Privy Council for both Scotland and England.
He married Lady Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas and Lady Mary Gordon, in 1657, and they had issue:
Lady Anne Douglas
William Douglas, 1st Earl of March
George Douglas
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
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