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Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk
Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS (22 April 1809 – 11 April
1885) was a Scottish peer.
The son of
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
and Joan Wedderburn-Colville, he was born in London.
He was
educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with First
Class honours in Mathematics.
He was a Scottish representative peer
from 1830 until his death, and was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
from August 1852 until December 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859.
He was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831.
He held
the office of Lord-Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright between
1844 and 1885.
He died at Saint Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire, in
1885, and the title of Earl of Selkirk devolved on the 12th Duke of
Hamilton. The subsidiary title of Lord Daer and Shortcleuch became dormant
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