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Henry Douglas (bishop)

Henry Douglas (bishop)

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Henry Alexander Douglas (22 February 1821 – 13 December 1875)[1] was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1875.[2]

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Early life

Born into a noble family[3] he was a son of Henry Alexander Douglas of Lockerbie and Elizabeth Dalzell, who both died in 1837. Among his siblings were John Douglas, 7th Premier of Queensland and Robert Johnstone-Douglas (father of Arthur Johnstone-Douglas). His father was the third son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, and was a brother of the sixth and seventh Marquesses of Queensberry.[4]

Douglas was educated at Sherborne and Balliol College, Oxford.[5]

Career

He was Vicar of Abbotsley (1849-55), then Dean of Cape Town before his elevation to the episcopate, he was a "moderate high churchman".[1] He died on 13 December 1875 and his papers published posthumously.[clarification needed][6]

His successor as Dean of Cape Town was a long serving Charles Barnett-Clarke.[4]

Personal life

On 20 November 1849, Douglas married Eliza Hoskins, daughter of James Hoskins. Together, they were the parents of:[4]

  • Margaret Douglas (c.1854–1943), who died unmarried.[4]
  • Catherine Mary Grey Douglas (c.1857–1942), who married the Rev. Francis Ainger in 1894.[4]
  • Archibald Charles Douglas (1861–1939), who married Betty McClelland, a daughter of Andrew Simpson McClelland, in 1896.[4]
  • Katherine Helen Douglas (1864–1953), who died unmarried.[4]

Douglas died on 13 December 1875 at age 54.[4]


References

  1. The Times, Friday, 17 December 1875; pg. 5; Issue 28501; col G The Late Bishop Of Bombay.-The late Right Rev HA Douglas
  2. Chatterton, Eyre (1924). A History of the Church of England in India: Since the Early Days of the East India Company. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
  3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3236.
  4. "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. Douglas, Henry Alexander (1861). Sermons delivered by the Right Rev. Henry Alexander Douglas, Bishop of Bombay. Darnell and Murray.
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