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Douglas, tenants of Druimfin, Isle of Mull
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Extracted from The diary of James
Robertson, 1842-1846 References are not to pages but to dates, given
in the order year, month and day; for example, 3 July 1843 appears as
430703. Asterisked dates are of greater interest or importance than
others.
DOUGLAS, Cecilia; daughter of Mrs Douglas, tenant of Druimfin. 430824.
DOUGLAS, Georgina; daughter of Mrs Douglas, tenant of Druimfin; in the
past might have had a love affair with Macquarie. *431125, 431125 & n.
DOUGLAS, Jane; daughter of Mrs Douglas, tenant of Druimfin; a tall fair
young woman, rather comely, large mouth, in delicate health and drinking
water'. 430524, 430525, 430615, 431030, **431031, 431212, 431215.
DOUGLAS, Captain ---; probably son of Mrs Douglas, tenant of Druimfin.
430524. DOUGLAS, Mrs ---; tenant of Druimfin June-December 1843; 'an
elderly little woman of fair complexion, and something of a brusque
manner'; 'clever, but rash and outspoken'; inveighs against Macquaries
and indignant with young Lochbuy; the Douglases 'are really superior and
agreeable people'. In 1844 her address in Edinburgh was 6 Moray Place.
430613, 430614,*430615, 430623, 430625, 430627, *430629, 430709, 430810,
430818, *430820, 430928,431029, **431114, **431122, *431125, 431130,
431213, 431215, 440109, 440122, 440522,440610., 440629, 450705. (1)
DOUGLAS, Miss ---; sister to Mrs Nisbet. *440219, 450919, *460105.
DOUGLASS, George; Sheriff of Kincardine. 440724.(2)
Notes: 1. In 1837, John Douglas was listed as
an inhabitant at 5 Moray Place. In the same year, John Learmouth -
merchant was at 6, Moray-place.
Archibald Douglas, advocate, (1779-1848) of 21 Moray Place, Edinburgh,
father of Francis Brown Douglas.
2. Probably George Lewis Augustus Douglas (of
Tilquhillie), Sheriff-Depute of
Kincardineshire, who died on the 30th of October 1847
Research comment: 1. There is a possibility that this
is the family of Governor Sir
James Douglas, of British Columbia. The son of John Douglas
and Martha Ann Telfer. He married Amelia Connolly.he was brother of Alexander Douglas and Cecilia Douglas (later
Cameron) and half brother of John Douglas; Jane Douglas; Cecilia Douglas
and Georgina Douglas 2. Anne, Cecilia, Jane and John were
subscribers to Glasgow Tontine Society, Established in 1816, which
invested in Glasgow property. In a tontine society, the last living
inherits the property. However, Cecilia
Douglas, of Douglas Park, Jane Hamilton Douglas, and Georgina and
Cecilia Douglas, both daughters of John Douglas, merchant of Liverpool,
were also subscribers, as is Anne Glassford Douglas, daughter of
Archibald Douglas, merchant of Glasgow. John Douglas, son of said
Archibald Douglas i
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Sources
Sources for this article include:
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The diary of James Robertson, 1842-1846 • King William's
Tontine: Why the Retirement Annuity of the Future Should Resemble its
Past (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics 13 Apr 2015 by Moshe A.
Milevsky
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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