Sir John Douglas (5 December 1836 – 22 August 1885) was the Irish-born son of Lt Gen Sir James Dawes Douglas (1795–1862) and Marianne Bullock.

Career

Douglas was in the Civil Service of

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1859–1869 when he transferred to

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

where he was

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between 1869 and 1876. He became Colonial Secretary of the

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on 17 February 1876 – 17 August 1878 before returning to Ceylon as Lieut.-Governor and Colonial Secretary, 1878–1880. He was appointed Acting

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, 10 July 1883 – 3 December 1883.

Honours

Douglas was appointed Knight Commander of the

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(KCMG) in the

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Family

Douglas had married, in 1871, Alice Anne, daughter of Right Rev. Piers Calveley Claughton (d. 1884),

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, Ceylon. They had five children.

Death

Sir John Douglas died in Ceylon on 23 August 1885 and was buried at St Paul's Church, Kandy.Morning Post, 26 August 1885, p. 5.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, John 1835 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 Governors of British Ceylon Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George British Mauritius people British colonial governors and administrators in Asia Straits Settlements people Chief Secretaries of Singapore Administrators in British Singapore