Robert Douglas (1727–1809)

For other people with the same name, see Robert Douglas (disambiguation).

Douglas, left, with Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern, painted in 1786 by Jacobus Vrijmoet.

Robert Douglas (1727 – 1809) was a Dutch States Army officer from Scotland who was commander of the garrison city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Dutch Republic from 1780 to 1794.[1] He was governor there from 1784.

Douglas was a major-general from 1778, and replaced Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern at 's-Hertogenbosch. He was the son of George Douglas of Friarshaw and his wife, Elizabeth Scott (daughter of Sir Patrick Scott, Bart. of Ancrum). His grandfather was Henry Douglas, 6th laird of Friarshaw.

Notes

  1. ^ Willigen, Adriaan van der; Heijden, Lia van der (2010). De levensloop van Adriaan van der Willigen (1766-1841): een autobiografie uit een tijdperk van overgang. Uitgeverij Verloren. p. 323. ISBN 9789087041793. Retrieved 25 October 2017.


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