John Robert Tomkys Douglas, OBE
John Robert Tomkys Douglas, OBE, died at his home at Canford
Cliffs, Poole, Dorset, on 13 June 2010 after a long battle with
prostate cancer.
Born at Tamworth in Staffordshire in 1930, he married Sheila
Varey in 1957 and together they enjoyed over half a century of devoted
married life, with the blessing of loving children and grandchildren.
Abba Seraphim first met John Douglas when he was invited to
become an advisor and later a member of the Development Advisory Council
of Sat-7,
the Christian TV channel broadcasting to the Middle East.
At that time John was the Chairman of Sat-7 Trust Limited. John combined
his long
business experience with a deep desire to support
disadvantaged and persecuted Christians throughout the world and also
enabling the Gospel to
be preached to people in their own language.
From that time he and Abba Seraphim became firm friends and he was
always happy to support
specific cases of need brought to his
attention as well as Coptic and Syriac causes. Himself an Evangelical
Christian he had a deep love and respect
for the ancient Orthodox
churches and valued his contacts with these churches. He was also a
generous benefactor to the British Orthodox Church
and when the
Church in Chatham was bought he made a substantial donation towards its
refurbishment, noting that as a National Service officer in
the
Royal Engineers he had done part of his training in Chatham.
Although accomplished in so many ways, John was
completely unassuming and his many acts of generosity were done in
secret so that those who
benefitted would never even have known his
name. In sending condolences to his widow and family, Abba Seraphim said
he felt privileged to have
known John, whose life was an example of
Christian living and he commended his soul to God, praying for his
repose and that all those who
mourned his loss would be comforted.
R M Douglas Charitable Trust - purposes:
1)
Relief of poverty amongst present or past employees (and their families)
of Tilbury Douglas plc (formerly Robert M Douglas (Contractors) Ltd,
whose name was changed to Robert M Douglas Holdings plc), and its
subsidiaries and associated Companies.
2) augmentation of pensions
for the same persons.
3) general charitable purposes in the
ecclesiastical parish of St Mary, Dunstall, Staffordshire.
4) general
charitable purposes at trustees' discretion
Mr John Robert Tomkys Douglas, OBE, was a trustee in R M Douglas Charitable Trust, as was
Mr Jonathon MCCallum Douglas. John was
Sir Robert Douglas's son, and that
Jonathon was his grandson.
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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