Answers for the tutors of the Duke of Hamilton, for John Davidson, Writer to the Signet, and for Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, Bart, to the petition of Archibald Stewart, assuming the name and title of Douglas of Douglas, and his curators..
Tutors of the Duke of Hamilton.
Davidson, John,Writer to the Signet.
Dalrymple, Hew,Sir,1712-1790.
Covington, Alexander Lockhart,Lord,1700-1782.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1763]
Caption title.
Dated at head of text: June 13. 1763.
Signed: Alex. Lockhart.
Concerns the dispute over the succession to the Douglas title.  Archibald Stewart was eventually declared to be Earl of Douglas rather than his rival James Duke of Hamilton.
This item is part of a volume received as part of a manuscript collection; former manuscript shelfmark was Acc.1237.
ESTC
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Inheritance and succession