David Douglas, Lord Reston

Hon David Douglas, Lord Reston FRSE (24 July 1769 – 23 April 1819) was a Scottish judge and a cousin and the heir of Adam Smith.

It is set down in the History of the Speculative Society that he read a paper there on 30 November 1790 on "The Effects of Taxation on the Necessaries of Life."

In 1790, on the death of his father's cousin, Adam Smith, he inherited his vast and valuable library of books.

[3] He operated what was called the Northern Circuit (of Scottish courts) in conjunction with Lord Gillies.

On Thursday 27 April he was buried in the burial ground of his father's cousin Adam Smith in Canongate Kirkyard on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.