1734 - 1815 (81 years)
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| Name |
Charles Douglas |
| Birth |
1734 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1815 |
| Person ID |
I43936 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 Jan 2025 |
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| Notes |
- Mr. Charles Douglas, to whom Burns engaged himself through his brother, Dr. Patrick Douglas, of Ayr, was the owner of at least two sugar properties in the parish of Portland viz., Ayr Mount and Nightingale Grove.
He left his estate to his neice, Jane.
See articles on Robert Burns in the History section for further information
Note: Contributed: (Referring to three possible men named Charles Douglas - I am pretty sure that Charles Douglas of Portland is the gentleman in question. He resigned from his position of Superintendent of the Moore Town Maroons 1804 - I think in that resignation which I will soon locate, he said that he has been superintendent for about 20 years and the damp, lack of proper housing and arthritis was getting the better of him. Ayr and Nightingale Grove were both in the Rio Grande valley and as it says NG was absorbed into Golden Vale.
Douglas is regarded a quite distinguished for he spoke fluently, the Maroon language Kramanti (a sort of Twi of Ghana) and on meeting with the Maroons, rose to greet them while shaking hands - was a man who understood that the quality of a man's character was more significant that his raiment.
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