1. Howard Douglas was an English army general, author, colonial administrator and Member of Parliament for Liverpool.
18 Facts About Howard Douglas
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Howard Douglas's father agreed to take him to sea when he was 13, but Sir Charles died of apoplexy while in Edinburgh just after he arrived to collect Howard in 1789.
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Howard Douglas was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1794, becoming Lieutenant a few months later.
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Howard Douglas taught military strategy and was an authority on military and naval engineering.
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Howard Douglas served intermittently as commandant of the senior department and as inspector general of instructions at the RMC.
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In 1804, Howard Douglas was appointed to a majority in the York Rangers, a corps immediately afterwards reduced.
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Howard Douglas remained on the roll of its officers until promoted Major-General.
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Howard Douglas became brevet Colonel in 1814 and CB in 1815.
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Howard Douglas became a fellow of the Royal Society on 25 January 1816.
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Howard Douglas had to deal with the Maine boundary dispute with the United States of 1828.
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Howard Douglas founded Fredericton College, now known as the University of New Brunswick, of which he was the first Chancellor.
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Howard Douglas was governor during the Miramichi fire of 1825, and his actions during that crisis increased his popularity with the people of the province.
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Howard Douglas secured a charter for King's College at Fredericton.
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Howard Douglas was given the colonelcy of the 99th Regiment of Foot from 1841 to 1851 when he transferred as colonel to the 15th Regiment of Foot, a position he held until his death in 1861.
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From 1842 to 1847 Howard Douglas sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool, where he took a prominent part in debates on military and naval matters and on the corn laws.
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In 1797, while in Quebec City, Howard Douglas fathered a daughter, Margaret, but did not marry the mother, Catherine Normandeau.
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Howard Douglas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society.
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Howard Douglas was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.