Maj Gen Sir William (11th of Timpendean and of Bonjedward) Douglas, KCH

1770 - 1834  (63 years)

• Name	William (11th of Timpendean and of Bonjedward) Douglas
  Prefix	Maj Gen Sir
  Suffix	KCH
  Birth	8 Sep 1770
  Christening	9 Sep 1770	Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Apr 1834	Kensington, London, England
  Person ID	I68458	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Archibald (of Bonjedward and 10th of Timpendean) Douglas,   b. 27 Sep 1725   d. 4 Jun 1781 (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Helen Bennet,   b. Abt 1724   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Sep 1765	Edinburgh, Scotland
  Family ID	F24925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marrianne Tattersall,   b. Abt 1786, Everton, Lancashire, England d. 25 Dec 1835, Kennsington Square, London (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1810	Christ Church, Hunter Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
  	Marriage: 27 Aug 1810 Christ Church, Hunter Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England William Douglas - Lieutenant Colonel of the 98 Regiment of Foot of the Parish of Liverpool Mary Ann Tattersal, Spinster - of Everton in the Parish of Walton Married by Licence Register: Marriages 1800 - 1810 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 18, Entry 8 Source: LDS Film 1068892
  Children	1. Helen Douglas,   b. Abt 1798   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Marianne Douglas   d. 1882   3. William Douglas,   b. Abt 1811   d. 25 Nov 1826, Harrow, Middlsex, England (Age 15 years)   4. Thomas Douglas,   b. Abt 1815   d. 6 Sep 1836, Rosebank Cottage, Newington (Age 21 years)   5. Major George (12th of Timpendean and of Bonjedward) Douglas,   b. Abt 1819   d. 29 Dec 1865, Bathurst, Australia (Age 46 years)   6. Emma Douglas,   b. 1824, Harrow, Middlesex, England d. 1909, Chelsea, London, England (Age 85 years)   7. Captain Henry Sholto Douglas, DL,   b. Abt 1821   d. 1892 (Age 71 years)   8. Frederick Douglas, MD,   b. Feb 1823   d. 5 Jan 1873, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age 49 years)   9. William Archibald Douglas,   b. Abt 1827   d. 19 Apr 1884, Timpendean, Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F24896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2016

  
  

• Notes

  He entered the army in 1786, as ensign in the 1st Battalion of the 1st of Foot; and was appointed Lieutenant in 1789. In July 1803 he was promoted to a majority in the 53rd. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1813, and Major General in 1819. May-Gen. SIR W. Douglas, K.C. H. April 14. At Kensington, aged 62, Major-General Sir William Douglas, K.C. H. of Timpendean, Roxburghshire. He entered the army in 1786, as Ensign in the first battalion of the 1st foot; and was appointed Lieutenant in 1789. He served in both ranks in the West Indies. In 1793 he raised an Independent Company; and afterwards exchanged into the 6th foot, in which corps he did duty in different quarters, and accompanied it to Ireland, where he served during the rebellion. He was afterwards appointed to the Irish staff, and continued thereon two years as an Assistant Quartermastergeneral. In July, 1803, he was promoted to a Majority in the 53d, with which he did duty until 1804, when he assisted in the formation of the 98th, to which he was appointed Lieut.-Colonel. In 1805 he went with that regiment to Nova Scotia, and was afterwards employed in command in Canada, Bermuda, and upon the coast of America. On the expedition to the Penobscot, under Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Sherbrook, Col. Douglas commanded that part of the army which was firstlanded, and which took possession of the port and town of Castine; and he continued to command a brigade during the whole of the operations connected with that expedition. He returned to his regiment in 1815, and in 1818 the corps was disbanded. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1813, and Major-General in 1819.