Howard Douglas ( 1776 - 1861 )

Birth: Gosport, Hampshire, England (23 January 1776) Death: Tunbridge Wells, Kent (09 November 1861) Burial: Boldre, near Lymington, Hampshire Profession: Soldier Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Honorary DCL (1829, Oxford) Career: Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (1794); Captain (1804); commanded at Quebec; fought as Lieutenant Colonel at Corunna (1809); served again in Peninsula (1811-1812); Colonel (1814); Major General (1821); Governor of New Brunswick (1823-1829); Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1835-1840); Lieutenant General (1837); Colonel 99th Foot (1841); Colonel 15th Foot (1851); General (1851); MP for Liverpool (1842-1847); Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester; various appointments at the Royal Military College Honours: CB 1815; GCMG 1835; KCB 1840; GCB 1841 Memberships: FRGS; AINA (notification arrived on the day of his death) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 25/01/1816.