Major-General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, 4th Baronet of Carr (29 August 1805 – 30 September 1891) was a British Army

British Army

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 officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

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.

Military career

The son of General Sir Howard Douglas

Howard Douglas

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, Douglas was commissioned in 1819 and rose to became Colonel

Colonel

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 of 2nd Battalion of the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment

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. As the last surviving son of his father, he succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1861. He was Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

Lieutenant Governor of Jersey

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 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

Orange River

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 and Vaal River

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s in the Northern Cape

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 province of South Africa

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is named after him.

Major General Robert Percy Douglas died on 30 September 1891 aged 87 at The Hurst, his residence in Bournemouth.

His third son was Sir Arthur Percy Douglas, Bart., Under-Secretary for Defence, New Zealand.