# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-douglas-4th-duke-of-queensberry
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:11:43.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-douglas-4th-duke-of-queensberry"
name: "William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry"
slug: "william-douglas-4th-duke-of-queensberry"
description: "William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, was a British peer and courtier. He was popularly known as Old Q and was reputed as a high-stakes gambler. In 1799 he was estimated the eighth-wealthiest man in Britain, owning £1M. He is one of ten known British millionaires that year, the royal family excluded."
tagline: "Scottish duke (1724-1810)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Douglas%2C_4th_Duke_of_Queensberry_by_John_Opie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1724-12-16"
deathDate: "1810-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             2.326454033771107
  historical:           8.285890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_4%3Ae_hertig_av_Queensberry"
    title: "William Douglas, 4:e hertig av Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_4._Duke_of_Queensberry"
    title: "William Douglas, 4. Duke of Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_4th_Duke_of_Queensberry"
    title: "William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas_(4e_duc_de_Queensberry)"
    title: "William Douglas (4e duc de Queensberry)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_Queensberry_4._hercege"
    title: "William Douglas, Queensberry 4. hercege"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_IV_duca_di_Queensberry"
    title: "William Douglas, IV duca di Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9_(%E7%AC%AC4%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: "ウィリアム・ダグラス (第4代クイーンズベリー公爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas%2C_4.%C2%BA_Duque_de_Queensberry"
    title: "William Douglas, 4.º Duque de Queensberry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%2C_4-%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, Уильям, 4-й герцог Куинсберри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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