John Douglas (colonial administrator)
Sir John Douglas | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Acting Governor of British Ceylon | |
In office 10 July 1883 – 3 December 1883 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Preceded by | James Robert Longden |
Succeeded by | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
3rd Colonial Secretary of Straits Settlements | |
In office 17 February 1876 – 17 August 1878 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Governor | Sir William Jervois William C. F. Robinson |
Preceded by | Charles J. Irving (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Sir Cecil Clementi Smith |
16th Accountant General and Controller of Revenue | |
In office 10 March 1870 – 16 June 1876 | |
Preceded by | Robert John Callander |
Succeeded by | C. A. D. Barclay |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 December 1836 Limerick, Ireland |
Died | 22 August 1885 British Ceylon | (aged 48)
Resting place | St Paul's Church, Kandy, British Ceylon |
Spouse | Alice Anne Claughton |
Parents |
|
Sir John Douglas KCMG (5 December 1836 – 22 August 1885) was the Irish-born son of Lt Gen Sir James Dawes Douglas (1795–1862) and Marianne Bullock.[1]
Career
[edit]Douglas was in the Civil Service of Mauritius 1859–1869 when he transferred to Ceylon where he was Auditor-General between 1869 and 1876. He became Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements on 17 February 1876[2] – 17 August 1878[3] before returning to Ceylon as Lieut.-Governor and Colonial Secretary, 1878–1880. He was appointed Acting Governor, 10 July 1883 – 3 December 1883.[4]
Honours
[edit]Douglas was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1883 Birthday Honours.[5]
Family
[edit]Douglas had married, in 1871, Alice Anne, daughter of Right Rev. Piers Calveley Claughton (d. 1884), Bishop of Colombo, Ceylon. They had five children.[6]
Death
[edit]Sir John Douglas died in Ceylon on 23 August 1885 and was buried at St Paul's Church, Kandy.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain
- ^ "Friday, 18th February". The Straits Times. 19 February 1876. p. 4.
- ^ "Untitled". The Straits Times. 17 August 1878. p. 3.
- ^ Edward Walford. The county families of the United Kingdom
- ^ "Untitled". The Straits Times. 8 June 1883. p. 2.
- ^ a b Morning Post, 26 August 1885, p. 5.
- Governors of British Ceylon
- Chief Secretaries of Singapore
- Administrators in British Singapore
- 1836 births
- 1885 deaths
- British expatriates in Sri Lanka
- 19th-century British people
- British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
- Chief Secretaries of Ceylon
- Auditors General of Sri Lanka
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- British Mauritius people
- British colonial governors and administrators in Asia
- People from the Straits Settlements