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Thomas Douglas, fifth earl of Selkirk
(1771-1820)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Selkirk, Thomas Douglas, Earl of, 1771-1820
NRA:    Douglas, Thomas (1771-1820) 5th Earl of Selkirk
DNB:    Douglas, Thomas, fifth earl of Selkirk (1771-1820), colonist and proponent of colonization in North America
LBT ID: LdSelki5    VIAF ID: 42637710    LOC ID: n50006530		B/BAP:   1771-06-20
DIED:   1820-04-08
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
The son of the fourth earl (d. 1799); he settled Highland colonists in Prince Edward Island, quarreled with the Northwest Fur Company, and published Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland (1805). He was an acquaintance of Walter Scott.
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