Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig.

About Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig

Henry Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig was a Scottish army officer. He was the eldest son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 2nd Duke of Dover, and his wife Catherine. He was educated at Winchester College and at Christ Church, University of Oxford and then chose a military life. He served in two campaigns under the Earl of Stair and three campaigns under the King of Sardinia, where, at the Siege of Coni, he so distinguished himself that Charles Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ordered his ambassador in London to wait on the Duke of Queensberry to thank him for the services performed by his son.