George Boyce Douglas
1841 - 1905 (63 years)-
Name George Boyce Douglas Birth 20 Oct 1841 Egham, Surrey, England 
Gender Male Death 25 Jan 1905 Lunatic Asylum, Prestwich, England - from 1. Senile Melancholia 2.Chronic Heart Disease 3. Chronic Renal Disease
Person ID I110661 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Nov 2020
Father James Douglas, b. 9 Feb 1806, Chertsey, Surrey, England d. 6 Apr 1879, Egham, Surrey, England (Age 73 years) Mother Martha Anne Boyce, b. 4 May 1813, Egham, Surrey, England d. 29 Sep 1880, Windsor, England (Age 67 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1833 St Marylebone, London Family ID F40958 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father James Douglas, b. Bef 1841 d. Yes, date unknown Mother Margaret Anne Boyce, b. Bef 1841 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F40796 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances Louisa Dolby, b. Abt 1841 d. 1 Jan 1908, Bolton, England (Age 67 years) Marriage 19 Jan 1867 Bolton, England Children 1. Frances Louisa Douglas, b. Apr 1869, Bolton, Lancashire, England d. Jun 1869, Bolton, Lancashire, England (Age 0 years)2. Beatrice Elizabeth Douglas, b. 6 Apr 1870, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown3. Clara Jane Douglas, b. 26 Sep 1871, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown4. Mary Louise Douglas, b. 26 Apr 1873, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown5. Archibald Dolby Douglas, b. 8 May 1875, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Mar 1894, Preston, Lancashire (Age 18 years)6. Florence Barton Douglas, b. Jun 1877, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown7. George Frederick Stewart Douglas, b. Sep 1879, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknown8. Frank Montague Douglas, b. Apr 1881, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Dec 1887, Lever, Lancashire (Age 6 years)9. Martha Ann Douglas, b. Abt 1883, Little Lever, Lancashire, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F40783 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2013
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Notes - The Bolton Evening News, September 2, 1873 reported: -
At 7 o'clock this morning, a serious explosion of gas took place at the Bradley Fold Colliery, belonging to Mr Thomas Fletcher, Little Lever, resulting in severe injuries to two colliers named Samuel Pilling, married, living in Lever-street, and Thomas Martin, married, High-street. Pilling was burned on the face and arms, and Martin (whose case is the more serious) on the chest, arms and back. The latter's sufferings are the more intense from the fact of him having allowed some of the sulphureous gas to get into his throat. The scene of the accident was free from gas half an hour previous to the explosion. Dr G.B. Douglas was in prompt attendance upon the sufferers.
Research reveals that George was not, in fact, a doctor. Neither the BMA and Royal College of Surgeons record in their registers.
However, on 3rd June 1868, a notice in the London Gazette reports his bankruptcy asbeing of Bolton 'Veterinary Surgeon' , but also referred to as Medical Practitioner, formerly Surgeon's Assistant of Bolton, and formerly of Workington. A Second bankruptcy was published in the same source 51 Church Street, Little Lever, Lancs and 23 Nelson Square, Bolton-le-Moors, Doctor of Medicine.
Another entry in The Times on 26.8.1874, reported a case involving a legal action involving an action against a doctor, who improperly set a cast on a girl's broken arm, which led to gangrene, and amputation of the arm. George gave evidence, specifically not being described as a doctor, but a bonesetter. It would appear that he was subsequently convicted under the Medical Act of impersonating or practising as a doctor.
He married France Louisa Dolby, daughter of Samuel Dolby and Sarah Ann Dix on 19 Jan 1867 in Bolton, England. They had 9 children. He died on 25 Jan 1905 at the Lunatic Asylum, Prestwich, England, from 1. Senile Melancholia 2.Chronic Heart Disease 3. Chronic Renal Disease. Frances died on 1 Jan 1908 in Bury, England.
- The Bolton Evening News, September 2, 1873 reported: -