Duke Sir William Douglas KT
(1724-1810)
Knight of the Order of the Thistle and 4th Duke of Queensberry (from 1778)
Died aged 86
Wikidata WikipediaWilliam Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, KT (16 December 1724 – 23 December 1810) was a Scottish noble landowner. He was popularly known as Old Q and was reputed as a high-stakes gambler. In 1799 he was estimated the eighth-wealthiest man (or small family unit) in Britain, owning £1M (equivalent to £104,500,000 in 2021). He is one of ten known British millionaires that year, the Royal family excluded.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
This edifice successively the property of the Cross Church, the Hans Lord Yester Earls of Tweeddale, the Douglases Earls of March and the Fourth Duke of Queensberry, was finally acquired by William Chambers and for purposes of social improvement presented by him as a free gift yo his native town 1857
, Peebles, United Kingdom where they owned