Major-General George Douglas, Earl of Dumbarton and Lord of Ettrick KT (1635 – 20 March 1692) was a Scottish professional soldier, who spent much of his career in the service of Louis XIV. In 1678, he returned to England; as a Catholic, he was a trusted servant of James II & VI and went into exile with him after the 1688 Glorious Revolution. He died at the palace of St Germain-en-Laye in March, 1692.
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1635 Douglas Castle, United Kingdom
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20 March 1692 (aged 56) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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