Douglas, William, 1806-1885

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Douglas, William, 1806-1885

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1806-1885

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DOUGLAS, WILLIAM, brother of John Douglas (adm. 1817, qv); b. 1 Jul 1806; adm. 25 Jun 1817 (Packharness'); left Whitsun 1819; at Haileybury Coll. 1822-4; Writer, EICS Madras 6 Oct 1824; Senior Assistant to Register of Sudder Court, 20 Jan 1829; Deputy Register, Sudder Adawlut 24 Sep 1830, Acting Senior Register 27 May 1833, Register 22 Sep 1835; Additional Government Commissioner for Carnatic Claims 21 Oct 1834; Register, Sudder and Foujdarry Adawlut 1835; Judge and Criminal Judge, Madura 1843; Civil and Sessions Judge, Tinnevelly 1844; Civil Auditor and Superintendent of Stamps 1853; resigned in India 1 Jul 1853; subsequently of Lansdowne House, Bath; m. 1st, 15 Jan 1828 Selina Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Henry Willoughby Rooke CB KCH, Pilston House, Monmouthshire; m. 2nd, 5 Jul 1834 Caroline, second dau. of Capt. Joseph Hare, 22nd Light Dragoons; d. 5 Dec 1885.

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Douglas, John, 1805-1834 (1805-1834)

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GB-2014-WSA-06314

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Douglas, John, 1805-1834

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Douglas, William, 1806-1885

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GB-2014-WSA-06320

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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