Lieutenant-General James Douglas | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Drumlanrig_Castle.jpg) Drumlanrig Castle, the Queensberry estate; constructed between 1679 and 1689 | |
| Commander-in-Chief, Scotland | |
| In office March 1688 – November 1688 | |
| Master-General of the Ordnance, Scotland | |
| In office October 1685 – March 1688 | |
| Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire | |
| In office April 1685 – June 1686 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1645 Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire |
| Died | December 1691 (aged 45–46) Namur, Spanish Netherlands |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Infantry |
| Years of service | 1672–1691 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Battles/wars | |
Lieutenant-General James Douglas (1645–1691), younger brother of the Duke of Queensberry, was a Scottish military officer, who served as Shire Commissioner for Peeblesshire in the 1685 to 1686 Parliament of Scotland.
From 1672 to 1684, he served in the French army and the Dutch Scots Brigade, before being appointed Commander in Chief for Scotland by James II. After James was replaced by William III in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, he held a number of senior commands in the 1689–1691 Williamite War in Ireland. He was transferred to the Low Countries in late 1690 to serve in the Nine Years War, and died of fever at Namur in 1691.