| Authorised form of name | Douglas; Charles (1698 - 1778); 3rd Duke of Queensberry and 2nd Duke of Dover |
| Other forms of name | Douglas, Charles, Earl of Solway, Viscount Tibberis and Lord Douglas |
| Dates | 1698 - 1778 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 24 November 1698 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 22 October 1778 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire |
| Activity | Education:
Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1714); DCL (1720)
Career:
Travelled on the Continent (1711-1718); Lord of the Bedchamber to George I (1720-1727); Lord Lieutenant of Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire (1721); Vice-Admiral of Scotland (1722-1729); Privy Councillor (1726-1728, 1760); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1733-1751); Captain General of the Royal Company of Archers (1758-death); Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland (1761-1763); Lord Justice General for Scotland (1763-death); died of mortification in the leg following an accident when alighting from his carriage
Honours:
Earl of Sallway [Solway], Viscount Tibberis and Lord Douglas of Lockerbie, Dalveen and Thornhill 1706 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/11/1722 |
| Relationships | Son of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensbury and 1st Duke of Dover, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan (FRS 1664), by his first wife, Jane, daughter of William Seymour, Duke of Somerset; succeeded his father (his elder brother, though living, being an idiot) (1711); married Catherine, daughter of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, and his wife, Jane, daughter of Sir William Leveson-Gower, Bart, of Lilleshall; brother-in-law of Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (FRS 1724); his children predeceased him and the Dukedom of Queensbury devolved upon a distant cousin, William Douglas, Earl of March |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; GEC; Foster
References:
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1778, p496
Notes:
Succeeded to his father's honours in July 1711. Proposed by James Douglas |
| Code | NA8388 |