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Henry Alexander Douglas, born in 1781,
was the third son of Sir William Douglas 4th Baronet of Kelhead (d.1783)
and Grace Johnstone (d.1836).
A merchant in London and Director
of the Provincial Bank of Ireland from 1825, he went bankrupt in 1836.
He married in Castle Stewart, in 1812, Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter
of Robert Dalzell of Glenae. Amongst their 10 children were:
William
Henry (1813), Robert Johnstone-Douglas (1814) who married a daughter of
the Marquess of Queensberry, Henry
Alexander (1821) who became Bishop of Bombay,
John, Premier of Queensland, and Edward Octavius of
Kilchassie (1830).
A son, John, erected a memorial window to
Henry and Elizabeth in Old St Pauls, Edinburgh.
He died in 1837
owning just £20.
Old St. Paul's, Edinburgh contains a memorial
window to the parents of John Douglas, namely Henry Alexander Douglas
and Elizabeth Dalzell, Henry's two sisters, Catherine and Christian and
Henry and Elizabeth's son, Henry, the Anglican Bishop of Bombay. The
memorial was erected by John's brother, Edward and his wife Hannah
Charlotte Scott-Douglas.
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