James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk na Douglas

James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, KC (31 July 1942 – 28 November 2023) was a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West and then as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region. Between 1997 and 2023 he was a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton a Dungavel House a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1942, ga Duke na 14 na Hamilton da tsohuwar Lady Elizabeth Percy .  Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Eton da Balliol, Oxford, inda ya kasance shugaban Oxford Union, daga baya kuma ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Edinburgh, inda ya sami digirin farko a fannin Shari'a . 

 Aikin siyasa 
Douglas-Hamilton ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kuma Mataimakin Babban Lauya na wucin gadi daga 1968 zuwa 1972.  Daga 1972 zuwa 1974, ya kasance kansila a Majalisar Gundumar Edinburgh, kuma bayan ya yi takara da Hamilton ba tare da nasara ba a watan Fabrairun 1974, daga Oktoba 1974 zuwa 1997, ya kasance ɗan Majalisar Dokoki ta Yammacin Edinburgh . A wannan lokacin, ya yi aiki a Ofishin Scotland .  Ya ɗan yi zaman neman Falkland a Kotun Lord Lyon a watan Yulin 1973. 

A tsakanin shekarun 1987 da 1995, ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Sakataren Harkokin Waje na Majalisar Wakilai ta Scotland, sannan daga baya ya zama Ministan Harkokin Waje tsakanin 1995 da 1997. Ya taɓa zama Babban Kwamishinan Baitulmali tsakanin 1979 da 1981. An naɗa shi a matsayin Babban Mai Ba da Shawara kuma Lauyan Sarauniya a 1996. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
A ranar 24 ga Agusta, 1974, Douglas-Hamilton ya auri Priscilla Susan Buchan, 'yar John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir na 2, da Priscilla Jean Fortescue Thomson, kuma jikanyar ɗan siyasa kuma marubuci John Buchan . Sun haifi 'ya'ya maza huɗu - John, Earl na 12 na Selkirk, Charles, Jamie, da Harry.  

Douglas-Hamilton ya kasance na biyar a layin Dukedom na Hamilton, bayan 'ya'yansa maza da kuma ɗan'uwan Duke na 16 .

Goggonsa ita ce babbar matukin jirgin sama Audrey Sale-Barker, wacce daga baya ta zama Countess ta Selkirk.

Douglas-Hamilton ya mutu sakamakon ciwon huhu a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 81.  
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942
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