Archibald Douglas, 1st Earl of Forfar, 2nd Earl of Ormond, and Lord of Wandell and Hartside was born the 3rd of May, 1653. He was the second son and youngest child of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and 1st Earl of Ormond, by his second wife, Jean Wemyss, the daughter of David Wemyss, 2nd Earl of Wemyss and The Hon. Anna Balfour of Burleigh. He was also the younger step-brother of James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (b.1646-d.1699) and the younger brother of Lady Margaret Douglas (b.1651-d.1699), wife of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount Kingston (m.1686). James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas (1646-1699) was the son of Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus and Lady Anne Stuart. ...

He was made the 1st Earl of Forfar and Lord of Wandell and Hartside on the 2nd of October, 1661 at the age of eight.

He married Robina Lockhart (b.1662-d.1741), daughter of Sir William Lockhart of Lee and Robina Sewster, on the 19th of August, 1679 at Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London, England. Part of Lincolns Inn drawn by Thomas Shepherd c. ...

His only son, Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, was born in 1692.

He was a Privy Counsellor to both King William III and Queen Anne from 1689 until his death in 1712. He served as Commissioner of the Privy Seal from 1689-1690 and Commisioner for the Treasury from 1704-1705. William III of England (The Hague,14 November 1650 – Hampton Court, 8 March 1702; also known as William II of Scotland and William III of Orange) was a Dutch aristocrat and a Protestant Prince of Orange from his birth, Stadtholder of the United Netherlands from 28 June 1672, King of... Anne Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Anne (6 February 1665–1 August 1714), became Queen of England and Scotland on 8 March 1702. ...

In 1700, he moved the family residence from Bothwell Castle to his new mansion, Bothwell House, which was dubbed "New Bothwell Castle". The Donjon seen from the Great Hall Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and the small town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow. ...

He voted for the Union of the Crowns in 1707, having allegedly received £100 in payment from the English.

He died on the 11th of December, 1712 and was buried in Bothwell Church, Scotland.

• Scottish Earls of Forfar [1]
• Forfar Town, Seat of County Angus[2]