To the memory of
Gilbert Douglas
of Douglas Park
Born 28th May 1749 Died 10th March 1807
and also of Cecilia Douglas
of Orbiston
His wife
Born 28th Feby 1772 Died 25th July 1862

This plaque is on the wall of St Brides Collegiate Church, Bothwell, Lanarkshire

Note:  In the 1868 court case, Douglas Trustees Vs Douglas, Gilbert's date of death is 10 Mar 1810. It mentions 2 nephews, George and Joseph.

He was a West India merchant in Glasgow, who had large plantations in the Island of St. Vincent. At the time of his death, he owned a sugar plantation, Mount Pleasant, in St Vincent and a cotton plantation, Fairfield, in Demerara.

His residence in the city was on the north side of George Square, later becoming one of the hotels.

In 1794 Gilbert Douglas married Cecilia Douglas, only surviving daughter of John Douglas, merchant in Glasgow, whose father was a merchant in Leith, and whose mother was a daughter of the third James Dunlop of Garnkirk.

Gilbert Douglas died in 1807 without issue, and his widow inherited his estates of Douglas Park and Boggs, in the neighbourhood, to which she afterwards added by purchase the remainder of the estate of Orbiston. The properties were then merged into one, and she gave to the whole, including the mansion house of Douglas Park, the name of Orbiston.

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