Admiral Billy (William) Douglas

1749 - 1817  (68 years)

• Name	Billy (William) Douglas
  Prefix	Admiral
  Birth	30 Apr 1749	Turnham Green, Chiswick, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Dec 1817	Hamble, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I24892	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Major Patrick Douglas,   b. 18 Mar 1722, Fowlis Easter, Perthshire, Scotland d. 28 Jun 1779, Portsmouth Garrison Church, Hampshire (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Catherine Eastwood,   b. 1 Jul 1724, St Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London d. 1788 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1747	St Mary's Church, Rowner, Hampshire.
  Family ID	F9969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Weatherall   d. 29 Sep 1814
  Children	1. Captain Henry Osborne Douglas,   b. 1788   d. 1821 (Age 33 years)   2. Commander Roddam Douglas, R.N.   d. 8 Mar 1813   3. Alithea Lawless Douglas,   b. 9 Apr 1781   d. 30 Jan 1853 (Age 71 years)   4. Catherine Hodgkins Douglas,   b. 7 Apr 1784   d. 17 Jun 1874 (Age 90 years)   5. Grace Mary Douglas,   b. 18 Oct 1785   d. 17 Apr 1863 (Age 77 years)   6. Rear Admiral Peter John Douglas, R.N.,   b. 30 Jun 1787   d. 17 Dec 1858 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F9572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Admiral of the Blue Squadron, R.N., Port Admiral at Yarmouth and subsequently Chatham, Kent. He commanded the Stately 64, in expeditions against the Cape of Good Hope 1795 and 1796. One of his daughters married Capt Mathew Barton Bradby, (son of Rear Admiral Bradby, d1809) who died when the ship he was on was struck by lightening off Spithead, 5th May 1831. In St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England: 'In memory of Billy Douglas Esq Admiral of the Blue Squadron/who departed this life/December the 2nd 1817, aged 67/Also in memory of Anne Douglas his wife/who died September 29th 1814 aged 59/This monument is erected by their affectionate children'