Sir Adye Douglas, Kt, Mlc^[1]

1815 - 1906  (90 years)

• Name	Adye Douglas
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	Kt, Mlc
  Birth	31 May 1815	Thorpe-Next-Norwich, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Apr 1906	Holy Trinity Church, Launceston
  Burial	12 Apr 1906	Cornelian Bay, Cementry, Hobart.
  	Migrated to Van Diemen's Land aboard the "Louisa Campbell", arrived 1839; with brother Henry pastoral licence of Cameron's Run, nr. Romsey, Port Philip district, 1839--40; elected to Legislative Council 1855; Mayor of Launceston 1865--6 qne 1880--2; Premier of Tasmania 1884--6; first Agent General 1886; President of Legislative Council 1894-1904. Founder of Douglas & Collins, solicitors, Launceston, Tasmania. Knight Bachelor 1902, introduced railways into Tasmania, and took a leading part in Australian Federation.
  Person ID	I23448	First tree
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Captain Henry Osborne Douglas,   b. 1788   d. 1821 (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Crabtree   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 Apr 1811
  Family ID	F50415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlotte Richards,   b. Abt 1815   d. 1876 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F50036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Matilda Rolls,   b. Abt 1815   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1858
  Children	1. Eleanor Douglas,   b. Bef 1859   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F50037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family 3	Ida Richards,   b. 1856   d. 13 Aug 1934, Residence, Rocklyn, 99 High Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1877	Pine Street Wesleyan Parsonage, Adelaide, Sa
  Children	1. Ida Constance Alithea Douglas   2. Gordon Adye Douglas,   b. 31 Aug 1878   d. Jul 1957, Hobart, Tasmania (Age 78 years)   3. Osborne Henry Douglas,   b. 14 Mar 1880   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Catherine Ida Douglas,   b. 22 Aug 1881   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Adye Sholto Douglas,   b. 6 Feb 1885   d. Yes, date unknown   6. (Daughter) Douglas,   b. 29 Jan 1891   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Grace Mary Douglas,   b. 24 Jan 1893   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Bruce Claude Douglas,   b. 17 Jun 1897   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Annie Florence Douglas
  Family ID	F50038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2015

  
  

• Notes

  A lawyer and politician The following is an extract from Wikipedia: Douglas had three sons and a daughter in the 1840's. He married Martha Matilda Collins in 1858, but they had no children. In 1873, he married Charlotte Richards, and they had a daughter Eleanor, before she died in 1876. In 1877, he married Charlotte's sister, Ida in Adelaide, and they had four sons, and four daughters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2832] http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040085b.htm.