Archibald Douglas

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish nobleman ⓘ
member of the Scottish nobility ⓘ
peer ⓘ
areaOfActivity law ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
politics ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Douglas estates ⓘ
Forfarshire ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
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 inheritance dispute ⓘ
legalOutcome recognized as heir in the Douglas Cause ⓘ
name Archibald Douglas ⓘ
nobleFamily Douglas family ⓘ
notableFor Douglas Cause ⓘ
Douglas inheritance dispute ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Dumfries Burghs ⓘ
linked to: Dumfries

Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Forfarshire ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Scottish representative peer ⓘ
precededBy previous holders of the Douglas estates ⓘ
residence England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
titleAfterCase Douglas of Douglas ⓘ

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James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Douglas → relative → Archibald Douglas ⓘ
Douglas Cause → participant → Archibald Douglas ⓘ
Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas → successorToEstates → Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas ⓘ
linked to: Archibald Douglas