NameJAMES DOUGLAS 14TH EARL OF MORTON, 10287
Birth1702
Death1768
Spouses
ChildrenJohn , 10286 (1756-)
Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS 14TH EARL OF MORTON
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton KT FRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was President of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death.[1] He also became President of the Royal Society (24 March 1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy.
He graduated MA from King's College, Cambridge in 1722.[2][3] In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
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Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia was named after Lord Morton by Captain Cook (the spelling being an error in the published account of Cook's voyage)