Archibald Douglas (British Army officer, born 1707)
Lt-General Archibald Douglas of Kirkton (1707 – 8 November 1778) was a Scottish Army officer and
He was the eldest son of William Douglas of Fingland and Elizabeth (Betty) Clerk. His father, a former Jacobite, had been forced to sell the family estate.
He joined the army as a Cornet in the
He sat as member for the Dumfries Burghs (Lochmaben, Annan and Sanquhar) from 1754 to 1761, and for Dumfriesshire from 1761 to 1774.[2] In 1763 he purchased a country house in Newland Street, Witham, Essex which was later known as White Hall.
Douglas died in Dublin in 1778 and was buried at St Nicholas church, Witham, where there is a memorial to him.[3] He had married in 1746 Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Burchard of Witham, Essex, with whom he had 6 sons, including Philip, and 5 daughters.
References
- ^ "DOUGLAS, Archibald (1707-78), of Kirktoun, Dumfries and Witham, Essex". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Electric Scotland". Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- ^ Janet, Gyford (27 April 2020). "The history of Witham, Essex". The history of Witham, Essex. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.