James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

James Douglas - Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC ( born July 31, 1942) is a Scottish politician and member of the Conservative Party. He attended Eton College and then studied law at Edinburgh University and graduated with a bachelor's degree. At Oxford University, he earned a master's degree in 1964 and then worked as a lawyer until 1968. Douglas-Hamilton is married and the father of four sons. He is the son of Douglas Douglas, Duke of Hamilton. In addition to his political activities, he has also written several non-fiction books. 2012/13 was Douglas-Hamilton, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

House of Commons

In 1972, Douglas-Hamilton for the first time politically in appearance than he was elected to the town council of Edinburgh. He first joined the general election in October 1974 on national elections and won the direct mandate of his constituency Edinburgh West. He moved into the British House of Commons and defended in the following elections his position until the Liberal Democrat David Gorrie at the 1997 General Election was able to record a higher share of the vote itself, which Douglas-Hamilton retired from the Parliament. In 1977 he was deputy whip of the Conservative Group in the House and from 1979 to 1981 Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. In the following years, he held several senior positions within the party or parliamentary.

Scottish Parliament

In the first Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 Douglas-Hamilton was a candidate in the constituency of Edinburgh West, but reached behind the Liberal Democrat Margaret Smith only the second highest number of votes. Because Douglas-Hamilton was also on the Regional Evaluation of the Conservatives for the election Lothians region, he moved as a result of the election result as one of seven regional candidates in the newly created Scottish Parliament a. In the following elections he applied again to the direct mandate of Edinburgh West, but it could not win again. However, he defended his mandate for the constituency. At the end of the legislative term, he resigned from the Parliament.

House of Lords

Douglas-Hamilton comes from the house of Hamilton and resigned after his death in November 1994, the successor of George Douglas - Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk as James Douglas - Hamilton, 11th Earl of Selkirk and Lord Daer 11 of Shortcleuch. Just four days later, he gave up his title of Earl. He was elevated to both the Privy Counsellor as well as Queen's Counsel in 1996. In 1997, he was then raised as Baron Selkirk of Douglas, of Cramond in the City of Edinburgh was created a life peer and has been a member of the House of Lords.

Works

• Lord James Douglas - Hamilton: Motive for a Mission: Story Behind Hess 's Flight to Britain, Macmillan, 1971, ISBN 978-0-33312-260-0.
• Lord James Douglas - Hamilton: The Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot, Mainstream Publishing, 1981, ISBN 978-0-90639-120-4.
• Lord James Douglas - Hamilton: Roof of the World: Man's First Flight Over Everest, Mainstream Publishing, 1983, ISBN 978-0-90639-138-9.
• Lord James Douglas - Hamilton: The Truth About Rudolf Hess, Mainstream Publishing, 1993, ISBN 978-1-85158-538-0.