Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas
1838 - 1913 (74 years)
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Name Robert Kennaway Douglas Prefix Sir Birth 23 Aug 1838 Larkbeare House, Tallaton 
Gender Male Death 20 May 1913 Burial Acton Turville, Gloucestershire Person ID I86336 My Genealogy Last Modified 3 Aug 2023
Father Rev. Philip William Douglas, b. 6 Feb 1800 d. Feb 1872 (Age 72 years) Mother Charlotte Barbour d. Oct 1884 Marriage 1 Jan 1830 Brighton Family ID F31637 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rachel Charlotte Kirkby Fenton d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Aug 1866 Children 1. Lt Col Archibald Philip Douglas, b. 7 Jun 1867, Norwood Green, Middlesex d. 24 Jan 1953, Haines Hill, Taunton, Somerset (Age 85 years)2. Rev. Robert Noel Douglas, b. 9 Nov 1868, Norwood Green, Middlesex d. 27 Feb 1957, Colyton, Devon (Age 88 years)3. James Douglas, b. 8 Jan 1870, Norwood Green, Middlesex d. 8 Feb 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Age 88 years)4. Helen Douglas, b. 19 Oct 1871 d. Yes, date unknown 5. Sholto Douglas, b. 8 Oct 1874, Norwood Green, Middlesex d. 28 Jan 1916, Cambrin, Arras, France (Age 41 years)6. Rachel Douglas, b. 20 Aug 1875 d. Yes, date unknown 7. Kenneth Kennaway Douglas, b. 21 Oct 1877 d. 4 Mar 1884 (Age 6 years) 8. Stuart Monro Douglas, b. 11 Sep 1879 d. 1958, Ewecross, Yorkshire, England (Age 78 years)9. Capt. Philip William Douglas, RN, b. 27 Jun 1883 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F31793 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2013
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Notes - Douglas was in the Consular Service of China 1858-65 ; Assistant in charge of the Chinese Library at the British Museum 1865-92; Keeper of the Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts at the British Museum 1892-1907 ; sometime Professor of Chinese at King's Coll., London, and a Fellow thereof 1903-13, and who was cr. Knt. 1903 and d. im.— Belcotnle Lodge, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire.
- (Research):Obituary in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(Oct., 1913), pp. 1095-1099