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Major General Robert Douglas
Robert Douglas (1727–1809) was a Scottish-born soldier who replaced
Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern as governor of the
garrison city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in 1784. A
commander of the Marines, he was a
major-general from 1778 and commander of the city from 1780 to 1794. Robert Douglas was the 5th son of George, 7th Laird of Friarshaw,
and Elizabeth Scott of Ancrum. Robert's grandfather was
Henry Douglas, 6th laird of
Friarshaw 1751, portrait painted by James Seymour
1752, March, captain
2nd Battalion under Lord Drumlanrig in Lieutenant-General Halkett's
regiment.
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General Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge | 1611-1661 |
Major-General Robert Douglas (of Garlston, NB) | Born c1744, died 7th June 1798 |
Lt General Robert Douglas | abt 1745 - 1827 |
Major General Robert Douglas | Death: Aug. 20. 1828 At Great Baddow, Essex, |
General Robert Douglas, C.B. | died at Claygate, Surrey on February 10, 1871 |
Major General Sir Robert Percy Douglas | died on 30 September 1891 aged 87 |
Major General Robert Wilkins Douglass Jr. | born in 1900 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
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