John Douglas (Queensland politician)
John Douglas | |
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| 7th Premier of Queensland | |
| In office 8 March 1877 – 21 January 1879 | |
| Preceded by | George Thorn |
| Succeeded by | Thomas McIlwraith |
| Constituency | Maryborough |
| 5th Treasurer of Queensland | |
| In office 19 December 1866 – 21 May 1867 | |
| Preceded by | John Donald McLean |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Blacket Stephens |
| Constituency | Eastern Downs |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Darling Downs | |
| In office 5 July 1859 – 10 December 1859 Serving with William Handcock | |
| Preceded by | William Wild |
| Succeeded by | David Bell |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Camden | |
| In office 21 December 1860 – 17 July 1861 | |
| Preceded by | William Wild |
| Succeeded by | David Bell |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Port Curtis | |
| In office 14 June 1863 – 1 February 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Sandeman |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Palmer |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Eastern Downs | |
| In office 4 January 1867 – 18 September 1868 | |
| Preceded by | John Donald McLean |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Macalister |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for East Moreton | |
| In office 28 September 1868 – 16 December 1868 Serving with Arthur Francis | |
| Preceded by | James Garrick |
| Succeeded by | Henry Jordan |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Maryborough | |
| In office 27 April 1875 – 24 November 1880 Serving with Henry King | |
| Preceded by | Berkeley Basil Moreton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Palmer |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 22 February 1866 – 25 July 1866 | |
| In office 11 December 1868 – 13 November 1869 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 March 1828 |
| Died | 23 July 1904 (aged 76) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Howe Sarah Hickey |
| Relations | Henry Douglas (son), Alex Douglas (great grandson) |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
John Douglas CMG (6 March 1828 – 23 July 1904) was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland.[1]
Early life
[edit]Douglas was born in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas[1] and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwath. His father, the third son of Sir William Douglas, 4th Baronet of Kelhead, was a brother of the sixth and seventh Marquesses of Queensberry. Douglas' father died in 1837 and his mother in 1833 (burial records of the church of St Mary-Le-Bone, London), he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Rugby 1843–47 and Durham University where he graduated B.A. in 1850.[2]
Politics
[edit]He was elected for the Darling Downs and for Camden in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until resigning on 17 July 1861. He moved to Queensland in 1863.[3]
On 12 May 1863 he was elected as member for Port Curtis in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He resigned on 1 February 1866, in order to be appointed on to the Queensland Legislative Council, which occurred on 22 February 1866.[4]
In 1871 Douglas returned to Queensland and became insolvent on 23 February 1872. Lewis Adolphus Bernays claimed Douglas had more success as a clever political wire-puller behind the scenes than he had in parliament.[5]
Later life
[edit]In 1865 Augustus Charles Gregory, Maurice Charles O'Connell and Douglas applied for a special grant of land to erect a Masonic Hall in Brisbane. This was granted on 15 January 1865.[6]
In 1882 he was elected president of Brisbane's Johnsonian Club.[7]
In 1888 Douglas returned to his old position on Thursday Island. In 1890 he was one of the organisers of the rescue of survivors from RMS Quetta.[8]
Port Douglas is named in his honour.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Douglas was married twice, first on 22 January 1861 to Mary Ann, daughter of the Rev. William West Simpson, who was killed in a carriage accident 23 November 1876, and for the second time in 1877 to Sarah, daughter of Michael Hickey, with whom he had four sons:
- Robert Johnstone Douglas (1883–1972), was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1923[10] and married Annie Alice May Ball, daughter of Townsville pioneer Andrew Ball
- Edward Archibald Douglas (1877–1947), was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in March 1929[11]
- Henry Alexander Cecil Douglas (1879–1917), a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
- Hugh Maxwell Douglas (1881–1918), died 8 April 1918 aged 37, a lieutenant in 47th Battalion, Australian Army, while fighting in World War I at Dernacourt in France.[12]
Douglas died on 23 July 1904 at Thursday Island.
Descendants
[edit]Through his son Henry, he was a grandfather of Alexander Michael Douglas (b. 1926), and a great-grandfather of Alexander Rodney Douglas, formerly a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Gaven.
See also
[edit]- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863; 1863–1867; 1867–1868; 1868–1870; 1873–1878; 1878–1883
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869
- List of Durham University people
References
[edit]- ^ a b Serle, Percival (1949). "Douglas, John". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ "Durham University Calendar 1857". reed.dur.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "Mr John Douglas (1828-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Joyce, R. B. "Douglas, John (1828 - 1904)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ "Masonic Records in the Archives". Stories from the Archives. Queensland State Archives. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "The Brisbane Courier". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXVI, no. 7, 612. Queensland, Australia. 5 June 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Rev. A. McLaren's account". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane. 4 March 1890. p. 5 – via Trove.
- ^ "Queensland place names search". Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ McPherson, B. H. "Robert Johnstone Douglas (1883–1972)". Douglas, Robert Johnstone (1883–1972). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ McPherson, B. H. "Edward Archibald Douglas (1877–1947)". Douglas, Edward Archibald (1877–1947). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014.
- ^ Douglas Hugh Maxwell : SERN Lieutenant : POB Toowong QLD : POE Brisbane QLD : NOK W Douglas Hannah Elizabeth. National Archives of Australia. 2 November 1915.
- Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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