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'Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry' PC (18 April, 1818 – 6 August, 1858) was the son of John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry.
He married Caroline Margaret Clayton (1821-1904) daughter of Sir William Clayton MP, at Gretna Green, Scotland in 1840, and they had six children:

★ Lady Gertrude Georgiana Douglas (d. 1893), married Thomas Stock

★ John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900)

★ Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas (1847–1865), beaten by A. W. Moore and party by a day to first ascent of the Ober Gabelhorn, killed a week later in the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn

★ Rev. Lord Archibald Edward Douglas (1850–1938)

★ Lady Florence Caroline Douglas (1855–1905) (twin), married Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, 11th Baronet

★ Lord James Edward Sholto Douglas (1855–1891) (twin), married Martha Lucy Hennessy in 1888, committed suicide
He died while hunting in 1858, officially from the explosion of his gun; the event was widely believed to be a suicide.