Archibald Douglas

E411037

Scottish nobleman member of the Scottish nobility peer

Archibald Douglas was a Scottish nobleman best known for his central role in the protracted Douglas inheritance dispute, which became one of 18th-century Scotland’s most famous legal cases.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Archibald Douglas canonical	3
Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish nobleman ⓘ member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ peer ⓘ
areaOfActivity	law ⓘ nobility ⓘ politics ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Douglas estates ⓘ Forfarshire ⓘ Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Scotland ⓘ
birthYear	1748 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
deathPlace	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathYear	1827 ⓘ
familyRelation	member of the House of Douglas ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasTitle	Baron Douglas ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central figure in one of 18th-century Scotland’s most famous legal cases ⓘ
influenced	Scottish legal history ⓘ public opinion in 18th-century Scotland ⓘ
knownFor	being central figure in the Douglas Cause legal case ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ
legalCaseInvolved	Douglas Cause ⓘ Douglas Cause legal case over his estates ⓘ surface form: Douglas inheritance dispute
legalOutcome	recognized as heir in the Douglas Cause ⓘ
name	Archibald Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Douglas family ⓘ
notableFor	Douglas Cause ⓘ Douglas inheritance dispute ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency	Dumfries ⓘ surface form: Dumfries Burghs Dumfriesshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Forfarshire ⓘ Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ Scottish representative peers in House of Lords ⓘ surface form: Scottish representative peer
precededBy	previous holders of the Douglas estates ⓘ
residence	England ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
socialClass	aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ early 19th century ⓘ
titleAfterCase	James Douglas, Lord of Douglas ⓘ surface form: Douglas of Douglas

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → relative → Archibald Douglas ⓘ

Douglas Cause → participant → Archibald Douglas ⓘ

Archibald Douglas (claimant in the Douglas Cause) → name → Archibald Douglas ⓘ

Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas → successorToEstates → Archibald Douglas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas