Abt 1540 - 1587 (~ 47 years)
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| Name |
George Douglas |
| Prefix |
Blessed Rev. |
| Birth |
Abt 1540 |
Edinburgh, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
9 Sep 1587 |
York, England |
- Executed - hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1587 in York, England
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| Person ID |
I191574 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
6 Nov 2022 |
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| Notes |
- In his earlier years, George Douglas, of Edinburgh, Scotland, worked as a schoolmaster in the English county of Rutland. He subsequently journeyed overseas to Paris, where he studied for the priesthood and was ordained. There are uncertainties in the biographical details of his life, including the specific year of his ordination. He may have been a member of a religious congregation, perhaps the Franciscan Order, but this cannot be established. Father Douglas came to England about ten years after his ordination to serve the country's Catholics persecuted under Queen Elizabeth I. It was while labouring thus that he was arrested a first time, but was thereafter released. He was arrested a second time at Ripon in the northern county of Yorkshire. Father Douglas was sentenced to death for "persuading to popery," that is, for winning converts to the Catholic faith. At York he was executed by drawing and quartering, manifesting great fortitude during his torments.
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