A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . nmarried. (4) Lady Anne Douglas, married David, Lord Elcho, eldest son of the 4th Earl of Wemyss. LordElcho was attainted for his share in the rising of1745, and died without issue in 1st Duke of Queensberry erected a noble monumentto his own memory in the shape of a new castle at Drum-lanrig, which still remains one of the finest examples inScotland of the quadrangular mansion of the 17th century. ^The building was begun on the site of the old house about1676. The archite
A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland . nmarried. (4) Lady Anne Douglas, married David, Lord Elcho, eldest son of the 4th Earl of Wemyss. LordElcho was attainted for his share in the rising of1745, and died without issue in 1st Duke of Queensberry erected a noble monumentto his own memory in the shape of a new castle at Drum-lanrig, which still remains one of the finest examples inScotland of the quadrangular mansion of the 17th century. ^The building was begun on the site of the old house about1676. The architects name has not been preserved,although the master of the works is known to have beencalled Lukup. The design has been ascribed to Inigo 1 MGibbon and Rosss CasteUated and Domesticated Architedun of Scotland,ii. 446. VOL. II. S 274 THE HOUSE OF DOUGLAS Jones, but that great architect died in 1651. It is saidthat the duke well-nigh ruined himself by the cost of thebuilding, and that he slept but one night in his new house,retiring next day to Sanquhar Castle, where he afterwardslived on a verj narrow Sir William Henry Walter MontaguScott-Douglas, 6th Duke o/ Buccleuch, nthDuke of Queensherry, Earl of Drumlanrig and Dalkeith, Baron Douglas of CHAPTER XI. AND LAST. 275 Ixxxiii. James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberr) and ist Dukeof Dover, the Union Duke,1662-1711. 276 Joins the Prince of Orange, 30th November 16SS. 276 Appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, 1693. 277 The Darien Scheme and its conse- quences, Queensberry made Kings Com-missioner to Parliament, 1700. 27S Appointed Secretary of State,1702. 250 His designs against Hamilton and Athol, 1703. 251 Dismissed from office, 1704. 281 Restored to office, 1705. 282 The Union Act, 22nd July 1706. 254 Madness of Lord. Drumlanrig, Queensberry created Duke ofDover, 1708. 255 His death, 6th July 1711. In the person of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queens-berry, were reunited the two collateral lines
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