James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

The Right Honourable
The Lord Selkirk of Douglas
PC KC
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
	Hereditary peerage; 24 November 1994 – 1 December 1994 (disclaimed)
Preceded by	The 10th Earl of Selkirk
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
	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; 31 July 1942; Dungavel House, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died	28 November 2023 (aged 81)
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.);

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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.