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Francis Brown Douglas

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of 1833, Francis received a considerable sum in compensation for his father's loss (his father being deceased) of 245 slaves on the Sans Souci Estate on
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on 2 April 1814, the son of Archibald Douglas (1779-1833), also an advocate, and Jane Brown of Bellair on the island of St. Vincent. He attended the
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His eldest son, Francis Archibald Brown Douglas (b.1854) was also an advocate after studying law at the
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in the west of Edinburgh. The grave lies on the western wall at the southern end of
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; University of Glasgow. Library (1874).
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His home for most of his life was 21 Moray Place in the fashionable West End.
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He was brother to Dr Archibald Douglas and cousin to Dr A. Halliday Douglas.
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DL (2 April 1814-8 August 1885) was a Scottish advocate who served as the
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He was married twice: firstly in 1845 to Mary Turner Christie at
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His second son was Charles Christie Brown Douglas (b.1857).
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and the Royal Family, which involved over 20,000 persons.
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Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833
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Douglas's family home at 21 Moray Place in Edinburgh
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Index

FRSE
Lord Provost of Edinburgh

Largs
Ayrshire
High School of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Academy
University of Edinburgh
Slavery Abolition Act
St Vincent
Royal Society of Edinburgh
John Shank More
William Garden Blaikie
Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Queen Victoria
Melville House
Fife
Dean Cemetery


Scoonie
Fife
University of Cambridge
"Francis Brown Douglas, 1814-1885"
Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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0-902-198-84-X
the original
"Francis Brown Douglas grave monument details at Dean 2e Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland"
List of fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh [electronic resource] : from the year 1581 to 31st December 1873

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