Family and Education
b. c. 1667, 2nd s. of Sir William Douglas of Cavers by Catherine, da. of William Rigg of Aithernie, Fife. m. Anna, da. of Francis Scott of Gorrenberry, 4s. suc. bro. Sir William Douglas, M.P. [S], 1698.
Offices Held
M.P. [S] Roxburghshire 1700 – 07.
Hereditary sheriff, Roxburghshire, or Teviotdale, 1698 – d.; commr. for the union of Scotland and England 1702; P.C. [S] Feb. 1703; commr. of the Exchequer [S] 1703; receiver gen. [S] 1704 – 18; postmaster gen. [S] 1725 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Cavers, Roxburgh.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
DOUGLAS, Archibald (c.1667-1741)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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