William Douglas, fourth duke of Queensberry

(1725-1810)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810 DNB: Douglas, William, fourth duke of Queensberry (1725-1810), sybarite and politician LBT ID: DuQueen4 VIAF ID: 50697752 LOC ID: n86004993	B/BAP: 1725-12-16 DIED: 1810-12-23
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The son of William Douglas, second earl of March; he was a courtier and Scottish representative peer notorious for gambling, lechery, and cupidity.
REFERENCES TO William Douglas, fourth duke of Queensberry: Walter Scott to Joanna Baillie, 12 September 1813 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 2 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1813 Chapter X 1826 Found 1: ¶ 50