James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, was a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as a member of the Scottish Parliament
Official portrait, 2019
Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and aviator. He was the first man to fly over Mount Everest. A member of t
James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
…but disclaimed that peerage to remain in the House of Commons. James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton was born at Dungavel House on 31 July 1942, to the 14th Duke of Hamilton and the former Lady Elizabeth Percy. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was president of the Oxford Union, and thereafter…
Hamilton in 1943
Wreckage of Hess' plane, Eaglesham, Scotland