James Douglas, 11th Earl of Morton

James Douglas was the 11th Earl of Morton (d. December 7, 1715^[1])

He was a Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland and a Vice-Admiral of Orkney and Shetland.

He was the second son of Sir James Douglas, 10th Earl of Morton and succeeded his father in 1686.^[2]

He was one of the Commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union in 1707 and was a Privy Councillor for Queen Anne.^[1] He successfully recovered the islands of Orkney and Shetland for the Morton family, overturning an Act of 1669.^[1]

He campaigned for much of his life to restore his family's traditional holdings in Orkney and Shetland.^[3]

He died in 1715. As he was unmarried the titles passed to his younger brother.^[1]