Charles Douglas (cricketer)
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The Honourable Charles Douglas (born 26 October 1775 in England; died 10 September 1848 at Westminster
) was an English amateur cricket
er who made 13 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1797 to 1799.
He was Member of Parliament
for Lanarkshire
between 1830 and 1832.
He succeeded as 3rd Baron Douglas of Douglas in January 1844.
Westminster
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) was an English amateur cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who made 13 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1797 to 1799.
He was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...
between 1830 and 1832.
He succeeded as 3rd Baron Douglas of Douglas in January 1844.