Background
The son of General Sir Howard Douglas, Douglas was educated at High Wycombe Royal Grammar School.
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Robert Douglas
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Education
Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe.
Career
He was commissioned in 1819 and rose to became Colonel of 2nd Battalion of the Prince of Wales"s (North Staffordshire) Regiment. As the last surviving son of his father, he succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1861. He was Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1860 to 1863 and then for 5 years Lieutenant-Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, when he held the local rank of Lieutenant General.
A £1 coin, featuring the Percy Douglas, a three-masted ship was issued in his memory.
The town of Douglas, situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa is named after him. Major General Robert Percy Douglas died on 30 September 1891 aged 87 at The Hurst, his residence in Bournemouth.
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Nationality
United Kingdom