The Douglas family of Kinmount mausoleum at Cummertrees

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. The Marquesses also held the title of

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from 1684 to 1810, when it was inherited by the

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History

The feudal barony of Drumlanrig was held by Sir William Douglas, illegitimate son of The 2nd Earl of Douglas and Mar, some time before 1427, when he died. His descendant William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, was created the 1st Earl of Queensberry in 1633. The subsidiary titles of Lord Queensberry are: Earl of Queensberry (created 1633), Viscount Drumlanrig (1628) and Lord Douglas of Hawick and Tibbers (1628), all in the peerage of Scotland. He is also a Scottish

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, styled "of Kelhead", created 26 February 1668, so the 6th Marquess was the 5th Baronet. The courtesy title used by Lord Queensberry's eldest son and heir is ''Viscount Drumlanrig''. There is no special courtesy title for Lord Drumlanrig's eldest son and heir. The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was

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in the parish of

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, south

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, which was sold by the 9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church. The 9th Marquess is particularly well known because of the rules of

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that were named after him (the ''Marquess of Queensberry'' rules), and for his litigious interaction with Oscar Wilde. On 22 June 1893,

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raised Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig, the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Kelhead. Francis, Lord Drumlanrig, died without descendants the following year and the title "Baron Kelhead" became extinct.

Lairds of Drumlanrig

* William Douglas, 1st of Drumlanrig (died 1427) *William Douglas, 2nd of Drumlanrig (died 1458) *William Douglas, 3rd of Drumlanrig (died 1464) *William Douglas, 4th of Drumlanrig (died 1484) *James Douglas, 5th of Drumlanrig (died 1498) *William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig (died 1513) *

James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig Sir James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig, (1498–1578) was a Scottish nobleman active in a turbulent time in Scotland's history. Life He was the son of Sir William Douglas, 6th of Drumlanrig (b. bef. 1484, k. 9 Sep 1513, Battle of Flodden) and Eliza ...

(died 1578) *James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig (died 1615) *William Douglas, 9th of Drumlanrig, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640) (became Earl of Queensberry in 1633)

Earls of Queensberry (1633)

William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (c. 15828 March 1639/40) was a Scottish noble. He was the eldest son of James Douglas, 8th of Drumlanrig and his wife Mary Fleming. He inherited his father's title, as 9th Laird of Drumlanrig, in October ...

(died 8 March 1639/40) *

James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (before 16221671) was a Scottish noble, politician and Covenanter. Biography James was the second son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry and his wife Isabel. On his father's death in 1640 he succeed ...

(died 1671) * William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensberry (1637–1695) (became Marquess of Queensberry in 1682, and

in 1684)

Marquesses (1682) and Dukes of Queensberry (1684)

William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry PC (163728 March 1695), also 3rd Earl of Queensberry and 1st Marquess of Queensberry, was a Scottish politician.G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and L ...

(1637–1695) *

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover (18 December 16626 July 1711) was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and his wife Isabel Douglas, daughter of William Douglas ...

(1672–1711) (became Duke of Dover in 1708) **

James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (2 November 1697 – 24 January 1715), known until 1711 as James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig, was a Scottish nobleman, the second son, and eldest to survive infancy, of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensbe ...

, (1697–1715) * Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 4th Marquess of Queensberry (1698–1778) (Dukedom of Dover extinct in 1778) *

William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, (16 December 172423 December 1810) was a Scottish noble landowner. He was popularly known as Old Q and was reputed as a high-stakes gambler. In 1799 he was estimated the eighth-wealthiest man (or small ...

, 5th Marquess of Queensberry (1725–1810) The 2nd Duke of Queensberry surrendered all of his titles except the Marquessate and its subsidiary titles to the Crown and obtained a new grant under the same precedence (1684) with remainder to the Dukedom and those subsidiary titles bypassing his second son to his third son and further to the heirs male and female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry. Upon his death the Marquessate passed to James Douglas, 3rd Marquess and a homicidal maniac known as "the Cannibalistic Idiot." He was excluded from his father's titles after the duke's death, which instead passed to Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke. The 3rd Duke also succeeded as Marquess upon the latter's death at age 17. The Dukedom of Queensberry passed by special remainder to the heirs male or female of the 1st Earl of Queensberry who was

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, son of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith through Lady Jean Douglas (married to Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch) who was eldest daughter surviving infancy of the 2nd Duke of Queensberry.

Marquesses of Queensberry from 1810 (cont. 1682)

Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry, (March 1777 – 3 December 1837), known as Sir Charles Douglas, 5th Baronet between 1783 and 1810, was a Scottish peer and member of Clan Douglas. Early life Douglas was the eldest son and heir of Si ...

(1777–1837) * John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856) * Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry (1818–1858) *

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900), was a British nobleman, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the " Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of ...

(1844–1900) * Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (1868–1920) * Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (1896–1954) * David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (born 1929) The

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is the present holder's son Sholto Francis Guy Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (born 1967).
The heir apparent's

heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question. ...

is his brother Lord Torquil Oberon Tobias Douglas (born 1978).

Baronets, of Kelhead (26 February 1668)

:See Douglas baronets *Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1639–1708) * Sir William Douglas, 2nd Baronet (died 1733) * Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet (died 1778) * Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet (died 1783) *

(1777–1837) ''See above for further succession''

Family tree

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Queensberry Marquessates in the Peerage of Scotland Queensberry Noble titles created in 1682