4th Earl of Selkirk Dunbar Douglas

1722 - 1799  (76 years)

• Name	Dunbar Douglas  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Title	4th Earl of Selkirk
  Birth	1 Dec 1722	Wigtownshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1799	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Holyrood Abbey
  Death	24 May 1799	Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I9324	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Basil Douglas-Hamilton, Jr,   b. 9 Sep 1696, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. 14 Nov 1742, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabella Mackenzie,   b. 1699, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 6 Apr 1725, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland (Age 26 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	14 May 1721	Scotland
  Family ID	F5918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Hamilton,   b. 13 Apr 1738, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 28 Nov 1802, Bath, Somerset, England (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1758	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 4]
  Children	> 1. Elizabeth Douglas,   b. 9 Nov 1775, Wigtownshire, Scotland d. 28 Oct 1814, Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 3 Dec 1758 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Burial - 1799 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 24 May 1799 - Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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