Maj Gen Sir William (11th of Timpendean and of Bonjedward) Douglas, KCH

1770 - 1834  (63 years)

• Name	William (11th of Timpendean and of Bonjedward) Douglas
  Prefix	Maj Gen Sir
  Suffix	KCH
  Birth	8 Sep 1770
  Christening	9 Sep 1770	Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Apr 1834	Kensington, London, England
  Person ID	I68458	First tree
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2016

  
  

  Mother	Helen Bennet,   b. Abt 1724   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F67833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He entered the army in 1786, as ensign in the 1st Battalion of the 1st of Foot; and was appointed Lieutenant in 1789. In July 1803 he was promoted to a majority in the 53rd. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1813, and Major General in 1819. May-Gen. SIR W. Douglas, K.C. H. April 14. At Kensington, aged 62, Major-General Sir William Douglas, K.C. H. of Timpendean, Roxburghshire. He entered the army in 1786, as Ensign in the first battalion of the 1st foot; and was appointed Lieutenant in 1789. He served in both ranks in the West Indies. In 1793 he raised an Independent Company; and afterwards exchanged into the 6th foot, in which corps he did duty in different quarters, and accompanied it to Ireland, where he served during the rebellion. He was afterwards appointed to the Irish staff, and continued thereon two years as an Assistant Quartermastergeneral. In July, 1803, he was promoted to a Majority in the 53d, with which he did duty until 1804, when he assisted in the formation of the 98th, to which he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel. In 1805 he went with that regiment to Nova Scotia, and was afterwards employed in command in Canada, Bermuda, and upon the coast of America. On the expedition to the Penobscot, under Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Sherbrook, Col. Douglas commanded that part of the army which was firstlanded, and which took possession of the port and town of Castine; and he continued to command a brigade during the whole of the operations connected with that expedition. He returned to his regiment in 1815, and in 1818 the corps was disbanded. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1813, and Major-General in 1819.