Person Douglas; Sir; Howard (1776 - 1861) Douglas Howard Sir 1776 - 1861 British Male Gosport, Hampshire, England 23 January 1776 Tunbridge Wells, Kent 09 November 1861 Burial: Boldre, near Lymington, Hampshire

Soldier Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Honorary DCL (1829, Oxford) Career: Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (1794); Captain (1804); commanded at Quebec; fought as Lieutenant Colonel at Corunna (1809); served again in Peninsula (1811-1812); Colonel (1814); Major General (1821); Governor of New Brunswick (1823-1829); Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1835-1840); Lieutenant General (1837); Colonel 99th Foot (1841); Colonel 15th Foot (1851); General (1851); MP for Liverpool (1842-1847); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester; various appointments at the Royal Military College Honours: CB 1815; GCMG 1835; KCB 1840; GCB 1841 Memberships: FRGS; AINA (notification arrived on the day of his death) Son of Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Bart (FRS 1770) and his second wife, Sarah; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baronet of Carr (1809) Fellow 25/01/1816 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Jan 1776 - 9 Nov 1861 NA6940 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 201f4d8f-ff0e-4173-8b64-63554ea183f4