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