James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (1702 -1768), became president of the Royal Society (1764), and was a distinguished patron of science, and particularly of astronomy. In 1746 he visited France, and was imprisoned in the Bastille, probably as a Jacobite.
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1702 - 1768 - Royal Society - Science - Astronomy - France - Bastille - Jacobite
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