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The Reverend EvelynThe Reverend Evelyn Keith Douglas (1859–1920) was the son of Stewart Douglas and Catherine Wood. He served as Priest-in-Charge of the Eton College Mission in 1889, later becoming Rector of Cleveley, Cambridgeshire in 1895. He was appointed Rural Dean in 1903 and, by 1913, held the honorary title of Canon at Ely Cathedral.

A commemorative plaque honours Rev. E. K. Douglas as Vicar of St Mary of Eton and leader of the Eton Mission. It credits his initiative in the 1890 acquisition of 337 acres of Hackney Marshes, preserving them in perpetuity as open space for the people of London. The plaque is decorated with two fleur-de-lys.

The Eton Mission itself was founded in 1880 with the purchase of the land. The Mission Hall, erected in 1884, was its first structure. Between 1890 and 1902, the church of St Mary of Eton was constructed as the mission’s centrepiece, designed by renowned architects George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner. The entrance gateway opens into a central courtyard framed by the mission complex, including Eton House (built in 1898) for clergy residence.

Following bomb damage during wartime, the nearby church of St Augustine in Victoria Park was closed in 1953. Its congregation was united with that of St Mary’s, forming the parish of St Mary of Eton with St Augustine.

The entire Eton Mission site underwent significant renovation and redevelopment in 2013–14.

A descendant of the Douglas family in Cockpen, Midlothian, his parents spent some time in India where his siblings were born. He died unmarried in 1920.

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