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James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas 1697 – 1714 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Nov 1697

Birth Location: Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Feb 1714

Death Location: Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Lady Boyle

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James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord was born in 1697 in Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, the child of James Duke of Queensberry Douglas and Lady Mary Boyle. James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord passed away in 1714 in Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord was born in 1697 in Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, the child of James Duke of Queensberry Douglas and Lady Mary Boyle.
  • James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord passed away in 1714 in Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England.

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James Douglas's Ancestors

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James Douglas
1697 – 1714
Birth Place: Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Parents
James Duke of Queensberry Douglas
1662 – 1712
Sanquhar Castle, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Lady (Mary) Boyle
1670 – 1709
Youghal, Munster, Cork, Ireland
Grandparents
Charles (Boyle, 3rd Viscount Dungarvan\2nd Baron Clifford of) Lanesborough
1639 – 1694
Youghal, Cork, Munster, Ireland
Lady (Jane) Seymour
1637 – 1679
Tottenham House, Great Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Boyle
1612 – 1698
Elizabeth Clifford,
1613 – 1691
William Seymour
1587 – 1660
Frances Devereux
1599 – 1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Cumberland
1595 – 1643
Edward Beauchamp
1561 – 1612
Robert Devereux
1566 – 1601
Frances Walsingham
1569 – 1632

James Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1697
2 Nov 1697
Birth of James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord in Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland
Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland
1714
17 Feb 1714
Age 17
Death of James "Canabilistic Idiot" Douglas Lord in Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England
Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 Nov 1697
    Event Place: Queensberry House, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1714
    Event Place: Lanesborough, Yorkshire, England

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