Douglas, Archibald (London)

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Dates 1707-8, 1727-34
Location London
Vocation Politician
Place of Birth Cavers, Roxburgh
Marriage Anna Scott
Issue 4 sons
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Commissioner for the union of Scotland and England (1702). Postmaster general of Scotland (1725-41). Attended first Parliament of Great Britain (1707). MP for Dumfries Burghs on the Queensbury-Annandale interest, supported by Charles Areskine. Did not stand for re-election. Died 1741.