Sholto Douglas

- 1848

• Name	Sholto Douglas
  Birth	Demerary, West Indies
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Sep 1848	Berbice, West Indies
  Person ID	I84247	First tree
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2020

  
  

  Family	Janet Gordon,   b. Bef 1829   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Catherine Elizabeth Douglas,   b. Abt 1841, Georgetown, West Indies d. Jun 1898, St Duthus Place, Tain, Scotland (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F74071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sholto Douglas (d1848: London Gazette) was manager of plantation Spring Hall, Demerara, in 1838, when he received a gold medal from the governor for his treatment of apprenticed labourers (former slaves still bound to their plantations) [Parliamentary Papers]. He had himself received compensation for eight enslaved people at emancipation in 1834 [British Guiana claim 778]. It is not known what, if any, relationship he has to other Douglas families in Guyana. He was married to a Janet Gordon and their daughter, Catherine Elizabeth Douglas, was born in Georgetown about 1841. She married George Balfour Mackenzie-Ross (of Aldie, Ross-shire) in the colony in 1862.