James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

The Right Honourable The Lord Selkirk of Douglas PC KC
Official portrait, 2018
Minister of State for Scotland
In office 6 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
Succeeded by	Brian Wilson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 13 June 1987 – 6 July 1995
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	Michael Ancram
Succeeded by	Raymond Robertson
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office 7 May 1979 – 1 October 1981
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Alfred Bates
Succeeded by	Tony Newton
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothians (1 of 7 Regional MSPs)
In office 6 May 1999 – 2 April 2007
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage 29 September 1997 – 27 July 2023
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West
In office 10 October 1974 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Anthony Stodart
Succeeded by	Donald Gorrie
Personal details
Born	James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (1942-07-31)31 July 1942 Dungavel House, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	28 November 2023(2023-11-28) (aged 81)
Political party	Scottish Conservative
Spouse	Priscilla Susan Buchan ​ ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	4
Parents	Douglas Douglas-Hamilton Lady Elizabeth Percy
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford University of Edinburgh (LL.B.)

James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, KC (31 July 1942 – 28 November 2023) was a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West and then as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region. Between 1997 and 2023 he was a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.

In 1994, he was briefly Earl of Selkirk, but disclaimed that peerage to remain in the House of Commons.