1776 - 1861 (85 years)
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Name |
Howard (3rd Baronet of Carr) Douglas |
Prefix |
General Sir |
Suffix |
KSC, CB, FRS |
Birth |
1776 |
Gosport, Hampshire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Dec 1861 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Sussex, England |
Person ID |
I109550 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
Father |
Admiral Sir Charles (1st Bt Carr) Douglas, Bart, b. 1727, Carr, Perthshire, Scotland d. 16 Sep 1789, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 62 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Wood, b. Abt 1740, Yorkshire, England d. 1779 (Age ~ 39 years) |
Marriage |
1 Jan 1766 |
Midlothian, Scotland |
Family ID |
F40156 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Anne Dundas, b. Bef 1799, England d. 22 Oct 1854, 15 Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London (Age ~ 55 years) |
Marriage |
1799 |
Children |
| 1. Major Charles Douglas, b. Abt 1798 d. May 30th 1847, Amballa, India (Age ~ 49 years) |
| 2. Howard Douglas d. 11 Aug 1820, West Indies |
| 3. Rev William Frederick Douglas d. 26 Sep 1874 |
| 4. Sir Robert Percy (4th Baronet of Carr) Douglas, b. 29 Aug 1805 d. 30 Sep 1891 (Age 86 years) |
| 5. James Dundas Douglas, b. 1819 d. 1841, Afghanistan (Age 22 years) |
| 6. Ann Douglas, b. Abt 1820, Rafford, Moray, Scotland d. 5 Feb 1840, Lower Canada, Canada (Age ~ 20 years) |
| 7. Henry John Douglas, b. 1821 d. 18 May 1871 (Age 50 years) |
| 8. Christina Douglas, b. Abt 1820 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 9. Sarah Mary Harcourt Douglas, b. Abt 1820 d. Yes, date unknown |
| 10. Mary Douglas, b. Abt 1820 d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F40192 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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Notes |
- Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery,1794; Captain, 1804; in command at Quebec and employed on
a mission to the Cherokees, 1797; served with Congreve's mortar brigade, 1803-04;
Commandant and Inspector General of Instruction at the Military College, High Wycombe, 1804-20; fought as
Lieut-Col. at Corunna (medal with clasp) in Jan., and at Flushing in July 1809. From 1811 to 1812 again served
in Spain being entrusted with a mission to report on the state of the Spanish troops. Colonel 1814; Major
General 1821; Governor of New Brunswick, 1823-29, where he founded the University of Frederickton; Lord
High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, 1835-40; Lieut. Gen. in the Army 1837 and finally, 1851, General;
Col. of the 99th Foot 1841-51 and of the 15th Foot, 1851-1861. C.B. 1814; K.C.B. 1821, G.C.M.G. 1835; G.C.
B. (Civil) 1841; being also a Knight of the Order of Charles III of Spain. F.R.S. 1812; F.R.G.S. and D.C.L.,
Oxford, 1 July 1829; Groom of the Bedchamber to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, and M.P. for Liverpool,
1842-47. Author of several valuable and scientific books on military and naval subjects.
See: A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland
By A. W. Skempton
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