Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry
The Marquess of Queensberry | |
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| Born | March 1777 |
| Died | 3 December 1837 (aged 60) |
| Occupation | Scottish peer |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Caroline Scott, Marchioness of Queensberry |
| Parent(s) | Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet Grace Johnstone |
Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, KT (March 1777 – 3 December 1837), known as Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet between 1783 and 1810, was a Scottish peer and member of Clan Douglas.[1]
Douglas was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet, and his wife, Grace, née Johnstone, of Lockerbie. Upon his father's death in 1783, he inherited the baronetcy of Kelhead. On 13 August 1803, he married Lady Caroline Scott (1774–1854), the third daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch; they had eight daughters.[1] His daughter Anne (1806-1871) married the English Tory MP Thomas Charlton Whitmore, and his daughter Harriet (1809-1902) was married to Augustus Duncombe, who was Dean of York from 1858 to 1880.[2]
In 1810, he succeeded his fourth cousin once removed, William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, as Marquess of Queensberry. Upon simultaneously inheriting Kinmount House, he commissioned a new house to be built by the English architect Sir Robert Smirke, which served as the seat for subsequent Marquesses of Queensberry and still stands.[3] From 1812 to 1832, he was a representative peer for Scotland. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in the 1821 Coronation Honours[4] and created Baron Solway, of Kinmount, in the County of Dumfries, in 1833.[5] From 1831 to 1837, he served as Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William IV, a position which a member of Clan Douglas had occupied intermittently since the late seventeenth century.[6] As Marquess of Queensberry, Douglas also acted as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, Colonel of the Dumfries Militia and director of the Royal Scottish Academy.[1]
After a period of ill health, Queensberry died at his home at St James's Place, London in December 1837. The marquessate and baronetcy passed to his brother, John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry, while the barony of Solway became extinct.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Death of the Marquis of Queensberry". The Times. 9 December 1837. p. 6.
- ^ "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "KINMOUNT HOUSE AND CONSERVATORY, WITH OFFICE COURT AND GATEWAYS (LB3582)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "No. 17729". The London Gazette. 24 July 1821. p. 1537.
- ^ "No. 19055". The London Gazette. 4 June 1833. p. 1085.
- ^ "Gentleman of the Bedchamber". douglashistory.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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- 1777 births
- 1837 deaths
- House of Douglas and Angus
- Knights of the Thistle
- Lord-Lieutenants of Dumfries
- Scottish representative peers
- Marquesses of Queensberry
- Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV