Charles Preston Douglas

1879 - 1934  (54 years)

• Name	Charles Preston Douglas
  Birth	15 Mar 1879	Shere, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1934	Toronto, Ontario, York, Canada
  Person ID	I86128	First tree
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Edwin James Douglas,   b. 14 Jul 1848, Edinburgh, Scotland d. Dec 1914, Thakenham, Sussex (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Christiana Maria Martin,   b. Bef 1874   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	23 Apr 1874	Little Laver Church
  Family ID	F7826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Naomi Frances (Pick) GOUINLOCK,   b. 3 Jul 1890, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada d. 1981, Canada (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1912	Toronto, Ontario, York, Canada
  Children	1. Robert Sholto Douglas,   b. 1914, Canada d. 1997 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F74867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Charles Preston Douglas, who had traveled for Gilbey's in West Africa and the West Indies, represented in Canada Gilbey's Distillery. W & A Gilbey (Canada) Limited was not formed until 1931, the English firm had been by a London-trained man named Thomas G. Fogden. He married a Canadian girl and had a son Robert S. Douglas who became general sales manager of W & A Gilbey (Canada) Limited . Known generally as 'CP', it was Charles Douglas who first suggested that a distillery be built in Canada by Gilbey's.