Herbert Archibald
Douglas
Lt Col Herbert Archibald Douglas was born at Salwarpe on 2 April
1874, the son of Thomas and Janet Douglas. He was educated at Eton
and was commissioned in the Wiltshire Regiment on 29 May 1895.
On 14 September he was posted to India, returning home on 7
October 1898 and sent to India again in May the following year. He
transferred to the Army Service Corps in January 1902 and thence to
the Indian Supply and Transport Corps. His postings were: 1904 Mhow;
1905 Ambala; 1908 Chitral and Drosh (during which he served in the
Mohmand Expedition); 1912 Lyallpur, when he was Commandant of the
Grantee Camel Corp.
He served with Indian troops in France
1914-1915 and was appointed Assistant Director of Supplies in the
latter year. After service in Mesopotomia in 1916 he returned to
India. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 29 May 1921 and retired
1 June 1922.
On 4 December 1915 he married Marie Louise
Dollez at the Embassy Chapel in Paris and in his retirement settled
in France. He was a prominent member of the English community in
Paris, helping and advising in the British consulate. He also
organised the annual dinner for old Etonians in Paris. The last ten
or twelve years of his life were overshadowed by illness, possibly
arising from the long-term effects of a severe accident at polo in
1917. He died on 19 October 1941.
His son recalls him as a
keen sportsman, joining in the 'Boys v Fathers' Match at his prep
school, and reminiscing about the hunting trophies which hung on the
walls of his house in Paris. He was an enthusiastic polo player, and
an amateur actor in plays and the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. He
was a Freemason.
A substantial collection of 760 images in 14
albums of his photographs, which are of very high quality, are held
in Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library
There is a theory that he was the mysterious
Professor J. Archibald
Douglas responsible for debunking Nicolas Notovitch's "The Life of
the Holy Issa"
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