Henry Douglas (bishop)

Henry Alexander Douglas (22 February 1821 – 13 December 1875) was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1875.

Early life

Born into a noble family 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.

Douglas was educated at Sherborne and Balliol College, Oxford.

Career

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

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

Personal life

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

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

Douglas died on 13 December 1875 at age 54.

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