Major James Torry Douglas
Major James Torry Douglas was a Major in the 94th Foot and in the
7th Veteran Battalion, who served at Tower of London and Edinburgh
Castle (Lieut.-Coll. Commandant Ilay Ferrier's Battalion of the
Scotch Brigade). He was taken to Holland as a boy, also served
in Holland. He did garrison duty in Guernsey, Gibraltar, and Tower of
London. (3rd Royal Veterans Battalion of Scotland)
He was
born 25 or 15 Sep 1751 in Craufordmuir, Peebles, Scotland and died
at Balgowrie 18 or 8 Jul 1820.
He married on 29 May/1 Jun
1795 in Edinburgh Parish, Janet "of St Andrew parish, only dau of
late Baillie James Torry, merchant and Jean Halliday. She was born
on 25 Nov 1768 in Edinburgh and died on 13 Mar 1836 in Gilmore
Place, near Edinburgh. Janet had a brother John Torry, Esq of
Cheltenham, who was deceased by 1836. "rights go to Archibald Torry,
residing at Lansp??, Newhaven. They had four children,
including Thomas Harigad Douglas,
writer, photographer and artist.
James Torry was born about
1739 and died 11 Aug 1791 in Edinburgh. Merchant in New Kirk Parish.
Had apprentices, clerks, shopmen. Robert Armstrong, coppersmith.
John Walker, apprentice and later partner. William Richardson,
clerk. John Miller, shopman. Partner to John Black, merchant 1769.
Alexander Grieve, partner to James Torry, 1801. Married 23 Nov 1767
in Edinburgh, or 18 Dec 1767 South Leith,. Subscribed to:
"Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in
Scotland," by Hugo Arnot, Esq. Also: "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish
Dialect" (3rd Ed) by Robert Burns. Listed in Williamson's Directory
of Edinburgh for 1773-74, 74-75, 75-76 (Merchant, Counsellor,
Espquire, Exchange--Macer's Land, North End of the Bridge). James
Torry and Jean Halliday were married 22 Nov 1767. James Torry was
the son of John Torry and Janet Miller (Janet was the daughter of
James Miller).
Note:
• Was he James Torry Douglas? Ot just James
Douglas? How did that name come to him before he married a
Torry? Or did he adopt it after his marriage?
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