Family and Education
b. 1662, 4th s. of James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton [S], by Anne, da. of Sir James Hay, 1st Bt., of Smithfield, Peebles; bro. of Hon. Robert Douglas*. m. (1) a da. of Alexander Muirhead of Linhouse, Edinburgh, 1s. d.v.p. (2) bef. 1702, Frances, da. of William Adderley of Halstow, Kent, 3s. (1 ). suc. bro. as 13th Earl of Morton [S] 22 Jan. 1730. Scots Peerage ed. Paul, vi. 380–1.
Offices Held
Lt. Ft. Gds. [S] 1685, capt.-lt. 1688; capt. Col. Richard Cunningham’s Drag. (7th Hussars) 1692; brevet lt.-col. 1703; maj. 1707; brevet col. 1709; ret. 1709; ld. lt. Orkney and Shetland 1725–d.; v.-adm. Scotland 1733–d.
Burgess, Edinburgh, Lanark, Linlithgow, Selkirk 1708.
Rep. peer [S] 1730–4.
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Commons 1690-1715
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DOUGLAS, Hon. George (1662-1738)
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