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Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS (22 April 1809 – 11 April 1885) was a Scottish peer. Biography. The son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn-Colville, was born on 22 April 1809 in London, styled as The Lord Daer from birth until 1820.
Jan 17, 2023 · Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS, was a Scottish peer. The son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn-Colville, was born on 22 April 1809 in London, styled as The Lord Daer from birth until 1820. He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Selkirk on 8 April 1820, and the title of 6th Lord Daer and ...
- London, England
- Cecely Louisa Grey-Egerton
- England
- April 22, 1809
Dunbar James Douglas, 6th Earl of Selkirk FRS (22 April 1809 – 11 April 1885) was a Scottish peer. The son of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk and Joan Wedderburn-Colville, he was born in London.
The earldom of Selkirk and its subsidiary title, being limited to male heirs, passed to Dunbar Hamilton, grandson of Lord Basil Hamilton, sixth son of the first earl. Upon succeeding as fourth earl, he, like the second earl, changed his surname to "Douglas".
The Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created on the 4th August 1646 and awarded to a William Douglas the younger son of William Douglas, 1st Marquess of Douglas.
Sixth Earl of Selkirk, born 22 April 1809, succeeded his father in 1820, was educated at Eton and Oxford, chosen a Representative Peer in 1831, and re-chosen at every election during his life. In 1835 he relinquished the grant of land his father had received from the Hudson Bay Company, receiving in exchange £15,000 of Hudson Bay stock.
Douglas, Dunbar James, (1809-1885), 6th Earl of Selkirk This page summarises records created by this Person The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually...
