Alexander (7th Bt of Ardit and Glenbervie) Douglas, MD

1738 - 1812  (74 years)

• Name	Alexander (7th Bt of Ardit and Glenbervie) Douglas
  Suffix	MD
  Birth	1738
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Nov 1812
  Person ID	I129204	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert (6th Bt of Glenbervie) Douglas,   b. 1694   d. 24 Apr 1770 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Margaret (of Sleat) Macdonald   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1738
  Family ID	F47652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Carnegie   d. 2 Dec 1816
  Marriage	1775
  Family ID	F50373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Physician. he studied medicine at Leiden University in 1759, and was admitted MD of St Andrews on 11 July 1760. In April 1770 he succeeded his father, becoming seventh baronet, of Glenbervie. In May 1796 he became a fellow of the Edinburgh College of Physicians, and in September 1796, a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London. In June 1798 Douglas served as physician to the forces in the north of Britain, going on half pay in June 1802. It is not known whether he practised medicine subsequently, although he is described in Anderson's Scottish Nation as 'a physician of eminence' (Anderson, 2.59). The baronetcy became dormant on his death