Person Douglas; James (1702 - 1768); 14th Earl of Morton Douglas James 1702 - 1768 British Male Edinburgh, Scotland 1702 Chiswick, Middlesex 12 October 1768

Astronomy Education: MA (1722, King's College, Cambridge) Career: Founder, and first President, of the Philosophical (later Royal) Society of Edinburgh. Imprisoned, with his wife and child, in the Bastille for three months (1746) but allowed to return to England (1747); Lord Clerk Register of Scotland (1760); one of the first Trustees of the British Museum Honours: KT 1738 Son of George, 13th Earl of Morton, and his second wife Frances, daughter of William Adderley of Kent; married 1) Agatha, daughter of James Halyburton; their son was Sholto Charles Douglas, 15th Earl of Morton (FRS 1754); 2) Bridget Heathcote; grandfather of George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (FRS 1785) Royal Society roles: PRS 1764-1768; VP 1763-1764 Fellow 19/04/1733 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: David Philip Miller, 'The "Hardwicke Circle": the Whig Supremacy and its Demise in the 18th-Century Royal Society' in NR 1998 vol 52 pp 73-91 Notes: From the Journal Book, 19 April 1733: Lord Aberdowe son to the Earl of Morton, was proposed by Mr Hadley, and also recommended by Lord D'arcy and Mr Wray, and being put to the ballot was elected Fellow Bulloch's Rollstates that he 'was apparently styled Lord Aberdour 1730-1738, he succeeded to the Peerage 1738 being a "nobleman of distinguished abilities as well as of eminent learning" '. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1702 - 12 Oct 1768 NA7826 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 68cbe5c0-5d69-4723-9f9c-17fe141f19a3