Howard Douglas

Howard Douglas
Illustration.
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Haut Commissaire de la République des îles Ioniennes

(6 ans, 1 mois et 10 jours)
Prédécesseur Alexander George Woodford
Successeur James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie
Lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick

(7 ans et 11 jours)
Monarque George IV
Guillaume IV
Prédécesseur George Stracey Smyth
Successeur Archibald Campbell
Biographie
Date de naissance
Lieu de naissance Gosport (Royaume de Grande-Bretagne)
Date de décès (à 85 ans)
Lieu de décès Royal Tunbridge Wells (Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande)
Nationalité Britannique
Parti politique Parti conservateur
Père Charles Douglas
Conjoint Anne Dundas
Enfants 12
Diplômé de Académie royale militaire de Woolwich
Profession Militaire
Administrateur colonial

Howard Douglas (), 3e baronnet, est un officier britannique et un écrivain qui est lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Biographie

Howard Douglas naît le à Gosport, en Angleterre.

Il suit très tôt les pas de son père, un amiral de la Royal Navy, et entreprend des études à l'Académie royale militaire de Woolwich, d'où il sort sous-lieutenant le .

Attiré par l'écriture, il rédige plusieurs ouvrages traitant de sujets militaires et finit par devenir membre de la Royal Society en 1812.

En 1821 il obtient le grade de major-général et est ensuite muté au Nouveau-Brunswick où il est nommé lieutenant-gouverneur du au . Parmi ses actions notables, il crée à Fredericton le King's College, qui allait devenir plus tard l'université du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Il retourne ensuite en Angleterre où il se présente aux élections sous l'étiquette conservatrice en 1832 et 1835, mais il est battu à chaque fois. Il est ensuite nommé Lord High Commissioner auprès de la République des Îles Ioniennes de 1835 à 1841 et sera à l'origine de l'adoption d'un nouveau code de lois, le code Douglas, et de la Banque ionienne. Il rentre ensuite à nouveau en Angleterre et est cette fois élu député de Liverpool de 1842 à 1847 tout en effectuant des recherches en rapport avec les techniques de blindage des matériels militaires.

Douglas meurt le à Tunbridge Wells.

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  • La localité de Gretna Green est nommée Douglastown en l'honneur de la visite de Howard Douglas en 1825.

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