Person:James Douglas (122)

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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
b.1702
d.12 Oct 1768
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  1. James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton1702 - 1768
  2. Robert DouglasAbt 1703 - 1745
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  • H.  James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton1702 - 1768
  • W.  Agatha Halyburton (add)
  1. Mary Douglas
  2. Sholto DouglasAbt 1732 - 1774
  3. Hon. John Douglas1756 - 1818
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Name James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1702
Marriage to Agatha Halyburton (add)
Death[1] 12 Oct 1768
Reference Number? Q377335?


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James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became president of the Royal Society (24 March 1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.

He was born in Edinburgh as the son of George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton and his second wife Frances Adderley. He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge, in 1722. In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite. He had a long lasting tendency to protest the actions of the British government.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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