Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie
George III | |
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Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
Preceded by | Lord Hobart |
Succeeded by | Viscount Milton |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 May 1743 |
Died | 2 May 1823 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | |
University of Leyden | |
Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie,
Background, education and legal career
He was the son of John Douglas, descended from James Douglas, minister of Glenbervie in Aberdeenshire, son of Sir Archibald Douglas and half-brother of William Douglas, 9th Earl of Angus. His mother was Margaret Gordon, daughter and co-heir of James Gordon, of Fechel.[1] His sister Katherine married James Mercer, army officer and poet.[2]
Douglas was educated at the
Political career
The same year he was appointed a King's Counsel Douglas gave up his legal career on his appointment as
He was asked to accompany
After serving as joint
Personal life
In 1789 Lord Glenbervie married
In 1795 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London[23] and in 1806 elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, when his proposers were Allan Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank, Gilbert Innes and John Playfair.[24]
References
- ^ A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Ireland. London, 1817.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18572. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 13500". The London Gazette. 5 February 1793. p. 107.
- ^ leighrayment.com Peerage: Gage to Glendale[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors – Ireland[usurped]
- ^ "No. 13652". The London Gazette. 6 May 1794. p. 410.
- ^ leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692–1800[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Fairfield to Fylde South[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Mayo to Minehead[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Plymouth to Putney[usurped]
- ^ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Haslemere to Herefordshire[usurped]
- ^ Thorpe, History of Parliament online, Sylvester Douglas
- ^ "No. 13974". The London Gazette. 24 January 1797. p. 75.
- ^ George McCall Theal, Records of the Cape Colony, Vol. III, Cape Town: Gov’t of the Cape Colony, 1898, p. 408.
- ^ "No. 15332". The London Gazette. 27 January 1801. p. 125.
- ^ Theal, Records Vol. III, p. 491
- ^ "No. 15326". The London Gazette. 10 January 1801. pp. 39–40.
- ^ "No. 15346". The London Gazette. 17 March 1801. p. 306.
- ^ "No. 15428". The London Gazette. 17 November 1801. p. 1383.
- ^ "No. 15547". The London Gazette. 4 January 1803. p. 34.
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Sylvester Douglas, 1st and last Baron Glenbervie
- ^ Catalogue of the papers of Frederick Sylvester North Douglas at www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
- ^ "Fellows details". Royal Society. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.