Family and Education
o.s. of Sir Robert Douglas of Kirkness by Jean, da. of John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh, wid. of George Oliphant of Gask, Perth. m. 11 June 1737, Lady Anne Howard, da. of Charles Howard, M.P., 3rd Earl of Carlisle, wid. of Richard Ingram, 5th Visct. Irwin [S], and lady of the bedchamber to the Princess of Wales, s.p. suc. fa. after 1722.
Offices Held
Ensign 26 Ft. 1708, lt. by 1713; capt. Grant’s Ft. 1714; capt. 9 Drags. 1717; capt. and lt.-col. 2 Ft. Gds. 1720, 2nd maj. and brevet col. 1740, 1st maj. 1743; brig.-gen. 1745; col. 32 Ft. 1745 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Kirkness, Kinross.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Web Title
DOUGLAS, William (d.1747)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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