page_title: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
hierarchical_section_title: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702–1768), Scottish astronomer, with his family.
context_page_description: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became President of the Royal Society, and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
  He was born in Edinburgh as the son of George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton and his second wife Frances Adderley. He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge in 1722. In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
  He had a long lasting tendency to protest the actions of the British government.
context_section_description: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became President of the Royal Society (24 March 1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
  He was born in Edinburgh as the son of George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton and his second wife Frances Adderley.  He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge in 1722. In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
  He had a long lasting tendency to protest the actions of the British government.
caption: James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, portrait with his family by Jeremiah Davison, 1740
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