Henry Alexander Douglas (22 February 1821 – 13 December 1875)The Times, Friday, 17 December 1875; pg. 5; Issue 28501; col G The Late Bishop Of Bombay.-The late Right Rev HA Douglas was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1875.
Early life Born into a noble familyNoble provenance 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.
Douglas was educated at Sherborne and Balliol College, Oxford.
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". He died on 13 December 1875 and his papers published posthumously.
His successor as Dean of Cape Town was a long serving Charles Barnett-Clarke.
Personal life On 20 November 1849, Douglas married Eliza Hoskins, daughter of James Hoskins. Together, they were the parents of:
Margaret Douglas (–1943), who died unmarried. Catherine Mary Grey Douglas (–1942), who married the Rev. Francis Ainger in 1894. Archibald Charles Douglas (1861–1939), who married Betty McClelland, a daughter of Andrew Simpson McClelland, in 1896. Katherine Helen Douglas (1864–1953), who died unmarried.
Douglas died on 13 December 1875 at age 54.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.
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