- 1848
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| Name |
Sholto Douglas |
| Birth |
Demerary, West Indies  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 Sep 1848 |
Berbice, West Indies |
| Person ID |
I84247 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
4 Jan 2020 |
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| Notes |
- Sholto Douglas (d1848: London Gazette) was manager of plantation Spring Hall, Demerara, in 1838, when he received a gold medal from the governor for his treatment of apprenticed labourers (former slaves still bound to their plantations) [Parliamentary Papers]. He had himself received compensation for eight enslaved people at emancipation in 1834 [British Guiana claim 778]. It is not known what, if any, relationship he has to other Douglas families in Guyana.
He was married to a Janet Gordon and their daughter, Catherine Elizabeth Douglas, was born in Georgetown about 1841. She married George Balfour Mackenzie-Ross (of Aldie, Ross-shire) in the colony in 1862.
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