Name Archibald Douglas Died 1778 | Role 1707–1778 | |
Lt General Archibald Douglas of Kirkton (1707–1778) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and army officer.
He was the son of William Douglas of Fingland and Elizabeth (Betty) Clerk.
He sat as member for the Dumfries Burghs (Lochmaben, Annan and Sanquhar) from 1754 to 1761, and for Dumfriesshire from 1761 to 1774.
Douglas had 3 horses shot from under him, and an eyebrow shot away, at the Battle of Dettingen, 26 Jun 1743. He was in Sir Robert Rich's Dragoons when a Colonel.
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