James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry

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Scottish nobleman human politician statesman

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, was a prominent late 17th- and early 18th-century Scottish nobleman and statesman who played a key role in the political negotiations leading to the 1707 Acts of Union between Scotland and England.

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Label Occurrences
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry canonical 19
2nd Duke of Queensberry 2
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
birthDate 1662-12-18 ⓘ
birthPlace Edinburgh ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Durisdeer, Dumfriesshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1711-07-06 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
era early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
father William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
memberOfNobleFamily Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: House of Douglas
monarchDuringService Mary II of England ⓘ
Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne

William III of England ⓘ
mother Duchess of Queensberry ⓘ
surface form: Isabella Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
nobleTitle Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Earl of Drumlanrig ⓘ
Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock ⓘ
Marquess of Queensberry ⓘ
Viscount of Nith ⓘ
notableEvent Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
notableFor key role in securing parliamentary approval for the Union between Scotland and England ⓘ
notableWork negotiations leading to the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
ordinalOfNobleTitle James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Duke of Queensberry
parliamentaryRole influential member of the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Union ⓘ
positionHeld Duke in the Peerage of England ⓘ
Duke in the Peerage of Scotland ⓘ
Duke of Dover ⓘ
Extraordinary Lord of Session ⓘ
Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland ⓘ
Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
Lord High Treasurer ⓘ
surface form: Lord High Treasurer of Scotland

Lord Justice General ⓘ
surface form: Lord Justice General of Scotland

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form: Lord of the Treasury of Scotland

Privy Councillor of Scotland ⓘ
Secretary of State of Scotland ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
roleInEvent leading Scottish negotiator for the Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
spouse Lady Mary Boyle ⓘ
Mary Boyle ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Clan Douglas → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Duchess of Queensberry → spouse → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry
this entity surface form: Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
Earls of Queensberry → elevatedTo → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Queensberry
Earls of Queensberry → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry → ordinalOfNobleTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Duke of Queensberry
Dukes of Queensberry → titleHolder → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Douglas family → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock → associatedWith → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock → heldBy → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock → notableHolder → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Mary Boyle → spouse → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Secretary of State of Scotland → positionHeldBy → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Duke of Dover → hasTitleHolder → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Duke of Dover → heldTitle → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
subject surface form: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
this entity surface form: 2nd Duke of Queensberry
Lady Mary Boyle → spouse → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Duke of Queensberry → hasTitleHolder → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Duke of Queensberry → heldBy → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Douglas → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry → child → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Earl of Angus → heldBy → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover
Douglas of Queensberry → notableMember → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Earl of Queensberry → notableHolder → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry → father → James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry ⓘ