1749 - 1807 (57 years)
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| Name |
Gilbert Douglas |
| Birth |
28th May 1749 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10th March 1807 |
| Person ID |
I8700 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Dec 2023 |
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| Notes |
- of Douglas Park
son of Robert Douglas , farmer of Balcony in parish of Kiltearn )
a West India merchant in Glasgow, who had large plantations in the Island of St. Vincent.
Died without issue
There is a plaque is on the wall of St Brides Collegiate Church, Bothwell, Lanarkshire commemorating both Gilbert and Cecilia:
To the memory of
Gilbert Douglas
of Douglas Park
Born 28th May 1749 Died 10th March 1807
and also of Cecilia Douglas
of Orbiston
His wife
Born 28th Feby 1772 Died 25th July 1862
Two [more] nephews, Robert Ross and George Douglas Ross, became planters in Demerara, where George died in 1828 at the age of 29. They were both born in Ross-shire but it is not clear who their parents were. A Robert Ross became overseer for Gilbert Robertson in 1802 [NLS MS 19331 f67r Mrs Anne Robertson, Kiltearn, to her daughter Christian (Mrs Watson), Crantit, Orkney. 20 April 1802].
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| Sources |
- [S619] Jane Douglas.
- [S2546] Glasgow Digital Library, LXXIX Orbiston House (Reliability: 3).
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