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 108 SKI. KIRK. [Basil Wtvliau Douglas, styled Lord Dakr, 2.1 but 1st sary. s. and h. rb., b. is March 1 TU3 ; was in his youth an admirer of the French Revolutionary principles ; a member of the Society of " The Friend* of the J pie," &c.( !l ) He d. of consumption (on return from n voyage to Madeira) mini, and v. p. 5 Nov. 1 79 4, ut lvvbridge, CO. Devon, in his 32d year,; 1 ') and was bur. in the eatlicdral of Exeter,] [Jobs Douglas, styled (after 1794) Lord Daer, 3<1 but (after 17!M) 1st surv. s. and h. ap. : was a memher of the Faculty of Advocates, 1787. Ho d. unm. and v.p. 9 July 1797, at Florence ] V. 1799. 5, Thomas (Douglas), Earl of Selkirk, &c. [S.], 7th and yst (>-) but only surv. i, and h., b. June 1771 ; styled Loud DaCR after the death of his elder br., 1797, till he sue. to the peerage [S.], as above, 2 I May 17'JU. He visited America in 1 803 and formed a settlement in Prince Edward's Island iu the Gulf of St. Laurence, the result of which, however, was unprofitable. He was Hep. Pker[S.], ISOo-lS; L. Lieut, of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, lSi'7 ; F.lt.S., 180S. He n, 24 Nov. 1807. at Inveresk, Jean, only da. of James Wedderbhum. Colvii.k, of Inveresk, by Isabella, .la. of Andrew F.LACKnf UN. He d. 8 April 1820, aged 18, at Pau, iu the south of France, and was bur. there. Will pr. 1820. His widow d. at St. Mary's Isle afsd., 10 June 1871, aged 85. VI. 1820, G. Dunbar James (Douglas), Earl of Selkirk, Lord to Dakr and Shortcleigu [S ], only a. and h., 4. 22 April 1809, in 1885. London ; styled LORD Dakr till he sue. to the peerage [S.], as above, 8 April 1820 ; ed. at Eton, and at Ob. Cb., Oxford ; 15.A. and 1st Class Math., 1S30 ; M.A., 1S3L Kei Peer [S ]. 1831-8;"i ; L. Lieut, and Sheriff of Kirk- cudbright, lS4fi ; Keei'KH ok the Great Seal [S.], Aug. to Dec. 1852, and Ural 1S5S-59. He in. 29 June 1S78, at Little llmlworth, co. Chester, Cicely Louisa, 2<i da. of Sir Philip de Malpas Grkv-Ecertos, 10th Part., of Oultou Park, in that county, by Anna Elizabeth, da. of George John LkOH, of High Legh. He d. s.p. 11 April 1S85, at St. Mary's Isle afsd., iu his 70th year, aud was bar. at Gallway, near Kirk- cudbright. Will dat. 22 Dec. 1S79. sealed in London 11 June 1885, above ±515,000 personalty. His widow living 1895. Since his death the title has remained dormant tho' it seems most probable that the Duke of Hamiltou [S.], the heir male, is entitled thereto. ( d ) Family Estates. — These, iu 1883, consisted of 20,823 acres in Kirkcudbrightshire, and 1,4-11 in Linlithgowshire. Total 22,204 acres, worth £21,473 a year, exclusive of £20 for mines. Principal Residence. St. Mary's Isle, co. Kirkcudbright. (") He contested the interpretation of the Act of Union [S.] whereby eldest sons of Scotch Peers are debarred from Pari, aud from voting at elections, but the decision of the Court of Session in 1792, confirmed by the House of Lords in 1793, was against him. ( b ) The Gent. Mag. remarks that " tho' heir apparent of a princely fortune he had never listened to the Syreu vice nor tasted the intoxicating cup of pleasure." (°) The 4th son, the'Hon. Dunbar Douglas, Capt. H.N. (1795;, d. unm. Nov. 179ti off St. Christopher's ; the 5th son, the Hon. Alexander Douglas, Capt. 80th Foot, d. unm. 24 June 1794, at Guadaloupe, and the 6th son, David, d. an infant. ( d ) In the grant of the dignity in 1688 in favour of Charles Hamiltou ami others, if (only) the words in the proviso had run "any of his said brc there" (i.e., his four junior ones), the proviso would have come to au end in 1885, when the issue male of Charles aud such brothers became extinct, and the title would unquestionably have devolved on the Duke of Hamilton under the dial clause of the remainder ; but the words run " any of his brothers," which phrase, of course, includes the eldest, William, who and whose issue have successively succeeded to the Dukedom of Hamilton, and who, by so doing, if this proviso be valid, are thereby excluded from inheriting the Earldom of Selkirk, &c, which dignity may possibly (in the circumstances) be held to belong to the younger brother of the last Duke who has so succeeded.