Henry Douglas (bishop)

Henry Alexander Douglas (1821–1875^[1]) was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1876.^[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]

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

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Preceded by John Harding	Bishop of Bombay 1869 – 1875	Succeeded by Louis George Mylne

Notes

^ The Times, Friday, Dec 17, 1875; pg. 5; Issue 28501; col G The Late Bishop Of Bombay.-The late Right Rev HA Douglas
^ ”A history of the Church of England in India since the early days of the East India Company” Chatterton, E: London: SPCK, 1924
^ Noble provenance
^ Times Obit (ibid)
^ [1], "Sermons delivered by the Right Rev. Henry Alexander Douglas, Bishop of Bombay"William Wells Gardener, London: 1875

Deans of Cape Town

William Newman • Henry Douglas • Charles Barnett-Clarke • Charles Theophilus Headley • Cecil Henry Rolt • Laurence Parsons • Sidney Lavis • John Brooke • Michael Gibbs • Tom Savage • Edward King • Colin Jones • Rowan Smith • Michael Weeder

Anglican bishops of Bombay

Thomas Carr • John Harding • Henry Alexander Douglas • Louis George Mylne • James Macarthur • Walter Ruthven Pym • Edwin James Palmer • Richard Dyke Acland • William Quinlan Lash • Christopher Robinson • Arthur William Luther • Dinesh Chandra Gorai • Prakash Dinkar Patole •

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Name	Douglas, Henry Alexander
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Date of birth	1821
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Date of death	1875
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