Rt Hon. Duke William Douglas PC
(1637-1695)
Privy Counsellor (from 1667), 3rd Earl of Queensberry (1671-1682), 1st Marquess of Queensberry (1682-1684), Lord Douglas of Kinmont (1682-1695), Viscount of Nith, Torthorwald and Ross (1682-1695), and 1st Duke of Queensberry (from 1684)
Died aged c. 58
Wikidata WikipediaWilliam Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC (1637 – 28 March 1695), 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 succeeded his father as Earl of Queensberry in 1671 and took his seat in the Parliament of Scotland on 12 June 1672.
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William Duke of Queensberry designed this work and William Earl of March his second sone built the same anno 1702
, Peebles, United Kingdom where they designed