James Douglas (7 September 1878 – 4 December 1956) was a diplomat and Polish independence activist.
12-560: James Douglas may refer to: Scottish noblemen [ edit ] Lords of Angus [ edit ] James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1426–1446), Scottish nobleman James Douglas, Earl of Angus (1671–1692), son of the 2nd Marquess of Douglas Lords of Douglas [ edit ] James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286–1330), ("the Good", "the Black"), Scottish warlord and champion of Robert
24-582: A point of collecting them punctually in person. Angus died in 1446. He was betrothed briefly to Princess Joan, third daughter of King James I , she was twelve years old when he died and was with her sister the Dauphine of France . She later married James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton , the head of the Douglases of Dalkeith . Angus was succeeded by his brother, George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus in 1446. James Douglas (1878%E2%80%931956) James Douglas
36-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus, Lord of Liddesdale and Jedburgh Forest (1426–1446) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus and Margaret Hay of Yester . Angus succeeded at the age of eleven years and was soon involved in strife with his Black Douglas cousins. He
48-467: The Black and Red Lines of the House of Douglas was encouraged by Bishop Kennedy of St. Andrews as a method of curtailing the power of unruly magnates, and ensuring continued Stewart reign. Kennedy was a first cousin through Angus' grandmother, Princess Mary of Scotland, a daughter of King Robert III . During his forfeiture, Angus was surprised at the reluctance of his tenantry to pay their Feus , he made
60-2712: The Bruce James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (c. 1358–1388) James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (1371–1443), "the Gross" James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas (1426–1488), Scottish nobleman Lord James Douglas (1617–1645), son of the 1st Marquess of Douglas James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646–1700) Lords of Morton [ edit ] James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton (1426–1493) James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (died 1548) James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516–1581) James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton (died 1686), Earl of Morton James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton (died 1715), Earl of Morton James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768), Scottish astronomer and peer Elsewhere [ edit ] James Douglas, 5th Earl of Buchan (died 1601), Scottish courtier and landowner James Douglas of Parkhead (died 1608), Scottish landowner James Douglas of Spott (died 1615), Scottish landowner and conspirator James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (died 1671) James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658–1712) James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry (1662–1711), also 1st Duke of Dover James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (1697–1715), lunatic and cannibal James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas (born 1942), former MP and MSP, also briefly 11th Earl of Selkirk James Douglas, 1st Lord Mordington (died 1656) James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington (1651–?) James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig (died 1578), Scottish nobleman James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith , Scottish nobleman James Douglas, 4th Baron Douglas (1787–1857) Politicians [ edit ] James Douglas Stoddart Douglas (1793–1875), MP for Rochester James Douglas (died 1751) , British member of parliament for Malmesbury and St. Mawes James Douglas (1878–1956) , Polish diplomat James Lester Douglas (1881–1950), Canadian member of Parliament for Queen's, Prince Edward Island James McCrie Douglas (1867–1950), politician in Alberta, Canada and former mayor of Edmonton James Moffat Douglas (1839–1920), Canadian member of parliament and senator from Saskatchewan James G. Douglas (1887–1954), supporter of Michael Collins, architect of Irish Free State Constitution, member of Irish Senate Jim Douglas (born 1951), governor of Vermont Sir James Douglas (governor) (1803–1877), governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia; head of Hudson's Bay Company operations in
72-1334: The Columbia District James Douglas (British Army officer) (1785–1862), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey James Robson Douglas (1876–1934), lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia James W. Douglas (1851–1883), political figure in British Columbia James Postell Douglas (1836–1901), soldier, politician, and businessman in the state of Texas James Douglas (Australian politician) (died 1905), New South Wales colonial politician James Douglas (plumber) (1872–1957), New Zealand plumber and mayor of Dunedin Sportspeople [ edit ] Jimmy Douglas (American soccer) (1898–1972), goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas (Canadian soccer) (born 1948), midfielder and coach James Douglas (cricketer) (1870–1958), English cricketer Jimmy Douglas (Scottish footballer) (1859–1919), Scottish international footballer Buster Douglas (James Douglas, born 1960), American boxer James Scott Douglas (1930–1969), British racing driver Military [ edit ] James Douglas (English Army officer) (died 1691), colonel of
84-1325: The Scots Regiment of Footguards, a regiment on the establishment of the English Army James H. Douglas Jr. (1899–1988), United States secretary of the Air Force and United States deputy secretary of Defense Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1703–1787), commodore for Newfoundland and Labrador Other [ edit ] James Douglas (antiquary) (1753–1819), English clergyman James Douglas (physician) (1675–1742), Scottish anatomist and physician James Douglas (businessman) (1837–1918), Canadian-born U.S. mining engineer, industrialist, and philanthropist James Douglas Jr. (1868–1949), Canadian-American businessman and mining executive James Douglas (composer) (1932–2022), Scottish composer James Douglas (journalist) (1867–1940), British newspaper editor, author and critic James Douglas (actor) (1929–2016), American soap opera actor James W. B. Douglas (died 1992), social researcher James Douglas (architect) , American architect in Wisconsin James Douglas (judge) (born 1950), justice of
96-478: The Supreme Court of Queensland Jim Douglas (guitarist) (born 1942), Scottish jazz guitarist James Sholto Douglas (1757–1833), Scottish diplomat See also [ edit ] James Douglass (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with James Douglas All pages with titles containing James Douglas Jamie Douglas (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
108-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Douglas&oldid=1249634226 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-689: Was also a part of a diplomatic mission on by the Polish Socialist Party. During the First World War , from 1914 to 1918, he served in the 1st Artillery Regiment of the Polish Legions of Austria-Hungary . During the interwar period he worked in the diplomatic service of Poland , including being a consul in Harbin , China from 1931 to 1933. He died on 4 December 1956. His son, Jakub Douglas (1920–1998) fought in
132-783: Was born on 7 September 1878 in the Russian Empire , within area of modern Ukraine . He was Polish of Scottish descent. His ancestor moved from Scotland to Ukraine in the 19th century to open there a suger mill. Douglas graduated from a gymnasium (middle school) in Kyiv . He was an activist for Polish independence, and a member of the Polish Socialist Party . In 1904 he was a foreign correspondent of Lviv -based newspaper Słowo Polskie , based in Japan . There, together with Józef Piłsudski and Tytus Filipowicz , he
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#1732782347023144-477: Was forfeited of his estates by James II in 1445, under the influence of his near cousin William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas . The Earl of Douglas was trying to consolidate the power which he had gained through the murder of his cousins at the "Black Dinner" at Edinburgh Castle , sanctioned by the king and his own father James the Gross, 7th Earl of Douglas . It has been suggested that the feud between
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