Gilbert Douglas

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1807

Biography

Husband of Cecilia Douglas (q.v.), dying either in 1807 or 1810. 'Douglas owned a cotton plantation named Fairfield in Demerara and had formerly lived in St Vincent, probably on his sugar estate Mount Pleasant.'

Sources

There is reportedly a memorial plaque on the wall of St Brides Collegiate Church, Bothwell, Lanarkshire to the memory of Gilbert Douglas of Douglas Park born 28/05/1749 died 10/03/1807 (his death-date was given as 10/03/1810 in at the 1868 court case of Douglas Trustees v Douglas) and also of Cecilia Douglas of Orbiston his wife born 28/02/1772 died 25/07/1862; Mullen, Stephen. 2016 "Douglas, Cecilia (1772–1862), West India planter, slave owner, and art collector." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 12 Jul. 2019. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-66964.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

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

- 1807 [EY] → Owner

Fairfield & Uplands [ British Guiana | Demerara ]

Gilbert Douglas reportedly owned the Fairfield cotton estate in Demerara until his death in 1807, and his wife Cecilia sold 'produce and land' in Demerara.

- 1807 [EY] → Owner

Mount Pleasant [ St Vincent | St George ]