1709 - 1768 (59 years)
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Name |
James (14th Earl of Morton) Douglas |
Birth |
1709 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
12 Oct 1768 |
Chiswick |
Person ID |
I112477 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
19 Aug 2013 |
Family 1 |
Agatha Halyburton, b. Abt 1 Jun 1711, Kettins, Perthshire, Scotland d. 12 Dec 1748 (Age ~ 37 years) |
Marriage |
Bef 1731 |
Children |
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Family ID |
F41937 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT FRS (1702 - October 12, 1768), was a Scottish representative peer who became president of the Royal Society (24 March 1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge in 1722.[1] In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
He was living in Chiswick at the time of his death, and his widow was still payong rated there in 1775. 'Douglas conveyed the mansion with 7 a. of garden to Robert Stevenson in 1783 and the site of Turret House to William Cock, a market gardener, in 1791.'
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