John Douglas ( 1721 - 1807 )

Birth: Pittenweern, Fife (14 July 1721) Death: 18 May 1807 Burial: St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire Education: BA (1740) MA (1743) St Mary Hall, Oxford; DD (1758) Career: Ordained deacon (1744); chaplain to the 3rd Foot Guards (1744); resigned commission when army returned to fight Jacobites (1745-1746); Curate, Tilehurst near Reading; Curate, Dunstew, Oxfordshire; Perpetual curate of Kenley, Shropshire; Canon of Windsor; Edited the journal of Captain Cook's second voyage of discovery (1777); Bishop of Carlisle (1778); Canon and Dean of Windsor (1778-1791); President, Sion College (1781); Bishop of Salisbury (1791) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 25/06/1778.