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Charles Douglas

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1815

Biography

This appears to be the Charles Douglas for whom Robert Burns had agreed to work in Jamaica. In his will dated 1815 he reportedly left his property to his niece Jane, 'now Mrs Boswell', daughter of his brother Patrick Douglas of Garallan, Ayrshire. The inventory of his effects made in 1816 includes nineteen named 'Negroes' and household effects, but not sugar works.


Sources

Burns Chronicle 1903, reproduced at http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/charlesdouglas6.htm [accessed 16/10/2017]; http://www.burnsscotland.com/items/l/letter-of-charles-douglas-to-patrick-douglas-dated-port-antonio-19th-june-1786-(page-3-of-3).aspx [accessed 21/10/2021]; https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2018438 [accessed 21/10/2021].

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1815 [EA] - → Not known
Ayr Mount / Mount Donnan [ Jamaica | Portland ]
1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Not known
Nightingale Grove [ Jamaica | Portland ]