Henry Douglas (bishop)

Born into a noble family[3] 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.[4]

Douglas was educated at Sherborne and Balliol College, Oxford.[5]

He was Vicar of Abbotsley (1849-55), then Dean of Cape Town before his elevation to the episcopate, he was a "moderate high churchman".[1] He died on 13 December 1875 and his papers published posthumously.[6]

His successor as Dean of Cape Town was a long serving Charles Barnett-Clarke.[4]

On 20 November 1849, Douglas married Eliza Hoskins, daughter of James Hoskins. Together, they were the parents of:[4]

• Margaret Douglas (c. 1854–1943), who died unmarried.[4]
• Catherine Mary Grey Douglas (c. 1857–1942), who married the Rev. Francis Ainger in 1894.[4]
• Archibald Charles Douglas (1861–1939), who married Betty McClelland, a daughter of Andrew Simpson McClelland, in 1896.[4]
• Katherine Helen Douglas (1864–1953), who died unmarried.[4]

Douglas died on 13 December 1875 at age 54.[4]