Oley Douglas

Oley Douglas (21 March 1684 – 9 November 1719) was a British Member of Parliament.[1]

He was the eldest surviving son of John Douglas of Westgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and East Matfen and Halton, Northumberland and entered Gray's Inn in 1703, where he was called to the bar in 1710.

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth, Northumberland from 1713 to 1715.

He died aged 35 in 1719. He had married in 1718, Mary, the daughter of Richard Harris, a London merchant , and had one daughter.

References

  1. "DOUGLAS, Oley (1684-1719), of Gray's Inn, London". history of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Sir Richard Sandford
Christopher Wandesford
Member of Parliament for Morpeth
1713–1715
With: Sir John Germain
Succeeded by
Viscount Morpeth
The Viscount Castlecomer


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