William Douglas - 4th Duke of Queensberry, 3rd Earl of March - known as Old Q - at James Boswell

William Douglas (1724-1810)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography William Douglas. (1724-1810) (aka. Lord March, 3rd Earl of March) 3rd Earl of March (1731-). 4th Duke of Queensberry (1786-). His grandfather was William Douglas (1655-1705), 1st Earl of March, a brother of James Douglas (1662-1711), 2nd Duke of Queensberry, the father of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry. William Douglas later on became known as Old Q. "Notorious gamler, rake and stud owner" according to NPGs website. (Link) Life with James Boswell: Boswell visited him on 06/12-62. They probably met a few times at Lord Eglinton's as well, at least on July 9, 1763. External links: Paintings of William Douglas, Lord March - at the National Portrait Gallery Gazetteer for Scotland: William Douglas (4th Duke...) This article was last updated at February 07 2008 13:06:11 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to William Douglas: Douglas, Charles
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William Douglas (1724-1810)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

William Douglas. (1724-1810) (aka. Lord March, 3rd Earl of March)

3rd Earl of March (1731-). 4th Duke of Queensberry (1786-). His grandfather was William Douglas (1655-1705), 1st Earl of March, a brother of James Douglas (1662-1711), 2nd Duke of Queensberry, the father of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry.

William Douglas later on became known as Old Q.

"Notorious gamler, rake and stud owner" according to NPGs website. (Link)

Life with James Boswell:

Boswell visited him on 06/12-62. They probably met a few times at Lord Eglinton's as well, at least on July 9, 1763.

External links:

Paintings of William Douglas, Lord March - at the National Portrait Gallery
Gazetteer for Scotland: William Douglas (4th Duke...)

This article was last updated at February 07 2008 13:06:11 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to William Douglas:

Douglas, Charles

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.