The Queensberry title, one of the many with which the Scottish house of
Douglas is associated, originated in the creation of Sir William Douglas
(d. 1640) as earl of Queensberry in 1633. He was the eldest son of Sir
James Douglas of Drumlanrig (d. 1616). His grandson William, the 3rd earl
(1637-1695), was created marquess of Queensberry in 1682 and duke of
Queensberry in 1684; he was lord justice general and an extraordinary lord
of session. He was also lord high treasurer of Scotland, and served James
II. as lord high commissioner to the parliament of 1685, but in 1686 he
was deprived of his offices. He had assented to the accession of William
and Mary and had again enjoyed the royal favor before he died on the 28th
of March 1695. His son James Douglas, the 2nd duke (1662-1711), was born
at Sanquhar Castle on the i8th of September 1662, and was educated at the
university of Glasgow, afterwards spending some time in foreign travel. At
the Revolution of 1688 he sided with William of Orange and was made a
privy councillor; after he had become duke of Queens-berry in 1695 he was
appointed an extraordinary lord of session and keeper of the privy seal.
He was the royal commissioner to the famous Scottish parliament which met
in 1700, and just after the accession of Anne in 1702 he was made one of
the secretaries of state for Scotland. In the latter part of 1703 he came
under a temporary cloud through his connection with the Jacobite
intriguer, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, who had utilized Queensberry's
jealousy of the duke of Atholl to obtain a commission from him to get
evidence in France which would implicate Atholl. The plot was betrayed by
Robert Ferguson, and Queensberry was deprived of his offices. However, in
1705 he was restored and in 1706 he was again commissioner to the Scottish
parliament; in this capacity he showed great ability in carrying through
the treaty for the union of the two crowns, which, chiefly owing to his
influence and skill, was completed in 1707. For this he was very unpopular
in Scotland, but he received a pension of 3000 a year. In 1708 he was
created duke of Dover and marquess of Beverley, and he obtained a special
remainder by which his titles were to pass to his second surviving son
Charles, and not to his eldest son James, who was an idiot. In February
1709 he was appointed third secretary of state, and he died on the 6th of
July 1711.
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William, Lord of Drumlanrig
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William, 2nd Lord of Drumlanrig
- William, 3rd Lord of Drumlanrig
- James, 4th Lord of Drumlanrig
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Sir William, 5th Lord of Drumlanrig
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Sir James, 6th Lord of Drumlanrig
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Sir James, 7th Lord of Drumlanrig
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Sir William, Earl of Queensberry
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James, 2nd Earl of Queensberry
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James, 2nd Duke of Queensberry & Duke of Dover
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James, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry
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Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry & 2nd Duke of Dover
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William "Old Q", 4th Duke of Queensberry
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Sir Charles of Kelhead, 6th Marquess of Queensberry
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John, 7th Marquess of Queensberry
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Archibald William., 8th Marquess of Queensberry
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John Sholto, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
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Percy Sholto, 10th Marquess of Queensberry
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Francis Archibald Kelhead, 11th Marquess of Queensberry
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David Harrington Angus, 12th Marquess of Queensberry
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William
Douglas Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton
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