Walter Douglas (governor)
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Colonel Walter Douglas was one of seven sons of William Douglas of Baads (d. 1705) and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre. One of his brothers was the surgeon John Douglas
(d. 1759), another James
, (1675-1742) a physician and anatomist. He held the offices of Captain-General and Governor-General of the Leeward Islands
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Walter Douglas appears to have been educated at the University of Utrecht, which he is said to have left to join King William of Orange when he invaded England in 1688. The Duke of Queensbury was his patron.
Col Douglas was appointed Governor following the assassination his predecessor, Colonel Parke
, during a mutiny triggered by his self-enriching enforcement of Stuart imperialism. He was superseded as Governor in 1716.
Governor Douglas had been tried by the Court of Queen's Bench and found guilty of bribery and extortion, having exacted £10,000 from the Island of Antigua
before publishing the Queen's pardon for those involved in the killing of his precessor. He was sentenced to a £500 fine and five years' imprisonment, and was then in the King's Bench Prison. His fine was remitted. At the time of his trial, he was described as Major Douglas.
It is thought he retired to France.
In 1720 he succeeded to the estate of Baads on the renunciation of his brother William but then sold it.
Walter Douglas married Lady Jane St Leger, and had two sons, Col. John St Leger Douglas, MP, and James George Douglas.
John Douglas (lithotomist)
John Douglas, an eminent lithotomist, one of the seven sons of William Douglas and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre, and brother of Dr James Douglas, physician to the Queen...
(d. 1759), another James
James Douglas (physician)
James Douglas was a Scottish physician and anatomist, and Physician Extraordinary to Queen Caroline.One of the seven sons of William Douglas and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre, he was born in West Calder, West Lothian, in 1675...
, (1675-1742) a physician and anatomist. He held the offices of Captain-General and Governor-General of the Leeward Islands
British Leeward Islands
The British Leeward Islands was a British colony existing between 1833 and 1960, and consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla and Dominica....
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Walter Douglas appears to have been educated at the University of Utrecht, which he is said to have left to join King William of Orange when he invaded England in 1688. The Duke of Queensbury was his patron.
Col Douglas was appointed Governor following the assassination his predecessor, Colonel Parke
Daniel Parke
Daniel Parke sat on the colonial Virginia governor's Council from 1695 until 1697. His elder legitimate daughter married John Custis, and his younger married William Byrd II. Parke served as an aide to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, and after the Battle of Blenheim carried news of...
, during a mutiny triggered by his self-enriching enforcement of Stuart imperialism. He was superseded as Governor in 1716.
Governor Douglas had been tried by the Court of Queen's Bench and found guilty of bribery and extortion, having exacted £10,000 from the Island of Antigua
Antigua
Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...
before publishing the Queen's pardon for those involved in the killing of his precessor. He was sentenced to a £500 fine and five years' imprisonment, and was then in the King's Bench Prison. His fine was remitted. At the time of his trial, he was described as Major Douglas.
It is thought he retired to France.
In 1720 he succeeded to the estate of Baads on the renunciation of his brother William but then sold it.
Walter Douglas married Lady Jane St Leger, and had two sons, Col. John St Leger Douglas, MP, and James George Douglas.