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James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

Politician

James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	James Douglas-Hamilton · James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas · James Douglas-Hamilton, Selkirk 11. grófja · Lord Selkirk of Douglas · Гамильтон, Джеймс, 11-й граф Селкирк и барон Селкирк из Дугласа · 2 more...				[sources]
Alias	James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton · James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas · James Douglas-Hamilton · James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas · James Douglas-Hamilton, Douglas Selkirk bárója · 3 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ジェームズ・ダグラス・ハミルトン · ジェームズ・ダグラス＝ハミルトン · 詹姆斯·道格拉斯·漢密爾頓				[sources]
Birth date	1942-07-31				[sources]
Place of birth	South Lanarkshire				[sources]
Death date	2023-11-28				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Scotland				[sources]
Country	United Kingdom · Scotland				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Alexander · James				[sources]
Last name	Douglas-Hamilton				[sources]
Political association	Conservative Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q333795				[sources]
Position	Member of the 1st Scottish Parliament (1999-2003) · Member of the 2nd Scottish Parliament (2003-2007) · Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom · Scottish Parliament (member, 2003-2007) · member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1974-1979) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Balliol College · Eton College · University of Edinburgh				[sources]
Religion	Presbyterianism				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

British politician (1942–2023)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-11-30

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton Close Associate	child	-	-
James Robert Douglas-Hamilton Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Scottish Parliament	2003-05-01	2007-04-02
member of the House of Lords

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons275,250

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata355,558

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,384

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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