Lieutenant Pringle Home Douglas RN

1784 - 1859

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Promoted Lieutenant - 1801

Commander/commador ? - 28 May 1814

Retired as Captain

In 1801, he was serving on the Ambrose, off Cape de Gata, when it was involved in an engagement with the spanish polacre ship Virgin del Rosario.  He 'contributed to the favourable result of the action'.

He was the son of Dr Christopher Douglas, of Kelso and Pringle Home, daughter of George Home, 6th of Bassendean. He had two brothers, Dr James Douglas of Kelso and Alexander Douglas, WS.

Captain PH Douglas married 20 Mar 1817, in Edinburgh, Miss Salisbury, daughter of the late James Salisbury, esq. 

He had a son, Christopher, born in Kelso 20 Oct 1827, who bacame a chartered accountant. died 3 Feb 1882

His eldest daughter, Christiana Jane Douglas, (b 1822 or 1823) was a writer of fiction. She married Charles Greenhall Davies

Director of the Edinburgh Life Assurance Company

He may have been instrumental in establish a tile works in Haining, near Selkirk, which was an early manufacturer of tile used for drainage.