# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-douglas-2nd-duke-of-queensberry
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:47:55.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-douglas-2nd-duke-of-queensberry"
name: "James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry"
slug: "james-douglas-2nd-duke-of-queensberry"
description: "James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover was a Scottish statesman who was a leading politician in Scotland during the late 17th and the early 18th centuries. As Lord High Commissioner he was instrumental in negotiating and passing the Acts of Union 1707 with England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain."
tagline: "Scottish duke"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2ndDukeOfQueensberryFull.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1662-12-18"
deathDate: "1711-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.44
  momentum:             1.695804195804196
  historical:           7.424084000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_2%3Ae_hertig_av_Queensberry"
    title: "James Douglas, 2:e hertig av Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_2._Duke_of_Queensberry"
    title: "James Douglas, 2. Duke of Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_2nd_Duke_of_Queensberry"
    title: "James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(2e_duc_de_Queensberry)"
    title: "James Douglas (2e duc de Queensberry)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_Queensberry_2._hercege"
    title: "James Douglas, Queensberry 2. hercege"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas%2C_II_duca_di_Queensberry"
    title: "James Douglas, II duca di Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9_(%E7%AC%AC2%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E5%85%AC%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "ジェイムズ・ダグラス (第2代クイーンズベリー公爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81%2C_2-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Дуглас, Джеймс, 2-й герцог Куинсберри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump