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| Douglas, Jacob or James. Adm. Fell.-Com. at PETERHOUSE, Oct. 22, 1777. [Youngest] s. of John, of St Georges, Hanover Square. [B. 1753.] School, Manchester. Matric. Easter, 1778. Designed for commerce, he had previously studied Natural History. Adm. at a Military College and entered the Austrian Army. Commissioned in the Leics. Militia. When stationed at Chatham, determined to read for Holy Orders and entered at Peterhouse. ['He is said to have taken the degree of M.A. at Cambridge, but his name does not appear in Graduati Cantabrigienses' (D.N.B.).] Ord. in 1780 to C. of Chedingford (sic), Sussex. R. of Lichborough, Northants., 1787-92. Chaplain to the Prince of Wales, 1787. R. of Middleton, Sussex, 1799-1819. V. of Kenton, Suffolk, 1803-19. C. of Preston, Sussex. Married, 1780, Margaret, dau. of John Oldershaw, of Rochester. Showed talent as an engraver, portrait painter, and miniaturist. F.S.A., 1780. Author, A General Essay on Tactics, from the French of Guibert (2 vols.), 1781; Travelling Anecdotes, 1782; A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth, 1785; Nenia Britannica, or a Sepulchral History of Great Britain, 1793. (See Baker, I. 410, for an account of his literary career.) Died Nov. 5, 1819, at Preston, Sussex. (T. A. Walker, 343; Northants. Clergy; D.N.B.) | Jacob or James DOUGLAS Approx. lifespan: 1753–1819 Fell.-Com. Peterhouse adm1777:10:22 Youngest s. of John DOUGLAS, of St Georges, Hanover Square, [London], b. 1753 Sch: Manchester School Manchester, [Lancashire], Matric 1778:04ET: Designed for commerce, he had previously studied Natural History. Sch: Adm. at a Sch: Military College and entered the Austrian Army [Austria], Commissioned in the Leics. Militia. When stationed Chatham, [Kent], , determined to read for Holy Orders and entered at Peterhouse ["He is said to have taken the degree of MA at Cambridge, but his name does not appear in Graduati Cantabrigienses" ( D.N.B. ).] Ord. in1780 to C.: Chedingford ( sic ), Sussex , R.: Lichborough, Northamptonshire , 1787-92 Chapl.: to the Prince of Wales 1787 R.: Middleton, [Buckinghamshire , Sussex], 1799-1819 V.: Kenton, Suffolk , 1803-19 C.: Preston, Sussex , m. 1780 Margaret OLDERSHAW dau. of John OLDERSHAW, of Rochester, [Kent], Showed talent as an engraver, portrait painter, and miniaturist. FSA 1780 Publ.: General Essay on Tactics, from the French of Guibert (2 vols.) 1781 Travelling Anecdotes 1782; A Dissertation on the Antiquity of the Earth 1785; Nenia Britannica, or a Sepulchral History of Great Britain 1793 ( See Baker, I. 410, for an account of his literary career.) d. Preston, Sussex , 1819:11:05 T. A. Walker, 343; Northants Clergy; D.N.B. ) |