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George Malcolm Douglas (1840-1885) was born in
Wickham, Hampshire. He was the son of barrister William Henry Douglas.
Douglas joined the Duke of Wellington's 33rd Regiment as an ensign 31
Dec 1859 and became a lieutenant in 1863.
11 Feb 1863 -
33rd—Ensign George Malcolm Douglas to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Richard Stratham, deceased • Edward Quinn, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Douglas.
In 1864 he was an instructor of
musketry. He was promoted Captain in the 4th Battalion, the Duke of
Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) on 18 Feb 1882(1).
On 1st
September, 1880, Honorary Major George Malcolm Douglas, late Captain
33rd Foot, has been permitted to commute his pension.
Captains
Douglas, Durrant, Tidmarsh, Nesbitt, Fraser, and Conor served with the
33rd Regiment throughout the Abyssinian campaign of 1867-68, and were
present at the storming and capture of Magdala (Medal).
In 1869
he married Jemima Jamieson in Glasgow.
Douglas retired as a
major and spent the rest of his life living at Rosehill in Northam,
Devon.
His only child, Sholto William Douglas (1870-1959) was a
major in the army, became the Chief Constable of the Metropolitan
Police, and married Grace Catherine Wolfe Murray.
Notes:
1.
I also have the date of 24 Sep 1870 for his promotion the Captain.
2.
The image is a carte de visite of Lieutenant George Malcolm Douglas by
Coutts (formerly Lindley & Warren, altered to Coutts in ink)
of
Bombay, India.
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