James Nicholas Douglass ( 1826 - 1898 )

Birth: Bow, London, England (16 October 1826) Death: Bonchurch, Isle of Wight (19 June 1898) Career: Assistant to his father, who was Superintendent Engineer to the Corporation of Trinity House; assisted in the erection of Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles; Resident Engineer to Smalls Rock Lighthouse, Milford Haven and to Wolf Rock Lighthouse; Chief Enginer, Corporation of Trinity House; designed lighthouses; erected the Eddystone Lighthouse which replaced that designed by John Smeaton (FRS 1753) (1878-1882) Honours: Kt 1882 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 9/06/1887.