James Douglas was the 11th Earl of Morton (d. December 7, 1715)
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.[1]
He was one of the Commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Union in 1707 and was a Privy Councillor for Queen Anne. He successfully recovered the islands of Orkney and Shetland for the Morton family, overturning an Act of 1669.[2]
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.[2]