Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet | |
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| Tenure | 1733 to 1778 |
| Predecessor | Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Kelhead (c. 1675-1733) |
| Successor | Sir William Douglas (1731-1783) |
| Born | 1708 Kelhead, Annan |
| Died | 13 November 1778 (aged 70) Drumlanrig |
| Nationality | Scots |
| Residence | Kelhead, Annan |
| Locality | Galloway |
| Offices | Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire 1741 to 1747 |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Cunningham (c. 1710–1741) |
| Issue | William (1731-1783), Charles (c. 1732-1775), Stair (c. 1735-1789)[1] |
| Parents | Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Kelhead (c. 1675-1733) Helen Erskine (1695-1764) |
Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet (c. 1708 – 13 November 1778) came from a junior branch of the Douglas family and was related to the Dukes of Queensberry. In 1741, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, a borough controlled by the Queensberry interest.
Like many members of the Tory party, he was a Jacobite sympathiser and his brothers Erskine (c. 1725-1791) and Francis (c. 1726-1793) participated in the 1745 Rising.[2] He was arrested in August 1746 after Murray of Broughton provided evidence he visited Charles outside Stirling in January. Released in 1748 without charge, he was excluded from the 1747 Act of Indemnity and forced to resign his seat.
Constantly in financial difficulty, Douglas was imprisoned for debt in January 1778 and died in November; he was succeeded by his son William.
- ^ Hiscocks, Richard. "Stair Douglas". More than Nelson. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ MacLeod, Walter (1746). List of persons concerned in the rebellion, transmitted to the Commissioners of Excise by the several supervisors in Scotland in obedience to a general letter of the 7th May 1746; Volume 8 (2015 ed.). Sagwan Press. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-1340085940.