Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry

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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 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

He died while hunting in 1858, officially from the explosion of his gun; the event was widely believed to be a suicide.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John James Hope Johnstone	Member for Dumfriesshire 1847–1856	Succeeded by John James Hope Johnstone
Political offices
Preceded by George Forester	Comptroller of the Household 1853–1856	Succeeded by Viscount Castlerosse
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Marquess of Queensberry	Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries 1856–1858	Succeeded by The Duke of Buccleuch
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by John Douglas	Marquess of Queensberry 1856–1858	Succeeded by John Sholto Douglas