Henry Douglas (bishop)

Henry Alexander Douglas (1821 – 1875[1]) was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1875.[2] Born into a noble family[3] he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and married in 1849. He was Vicar of Abbotsley, then Dean of Cape Town before his elevation to the Episcopate, he was a "moderate high churchman".[4] He died on 13 December 1875 and his papers published posthumously.[5]

His successor as Dean of Cape Town was a long serving Charles Barnett-Clarke.

He was the brother of John Douglas, Premier of Queensland.

Notes

  1. The Times, Friday, 17 December 1875; pg. 5; Issue 28501; col G The Late Bishop Of Bombay.-The late Right Rev HA Douglas
  2. "A history of the Church of England in India since the early days of the East India Company" Chatterton, E: London: SPCK, 1924
  3. Noble provenance
  4. Times Obit (ibid)
  5. Douglas, Henry Alexander (1861). Sermons delivered by the Right Rev. Henry Alexander Douglas, Bishop of Bombay. Darnell and Murray.
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
William Newman
Dean of Cape Town
1866 – 1869
Succeeded by
Charles Barnett-Clarke
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
John Harding
Bishop of Bombay
1869 – 1875
Succeeded by
Louis George Mylne
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