James Robson Douglas

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James Robson Douglas

13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office January 12, 1925 – September 14, 1925
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Premier	Ernest Howard Armstrong Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Preceded by	MacCallum Grant
Succeeded by	James Cranswick Tory
Personal details
Born	(1876-04-13)April 13, 1876 Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died	July 27, 1934(1934-07-27) (aged 58) Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Marion Genevieve Douglas (née Stevens)
Occupation	acclaimed broker, property developer and businessman

James Robson Douglas (1876-1934) was named the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia effective January 21, 1925, succeeding MacCallum Grant.^[1] He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and was a broker by profession. Douglas resigned as lieutenant-governor on September 24, 1925, nine months into his term, and was replaced by James Tory.^[2]

References

↑ "New Lieutenat-Governor Named for Nova Scotia", Globe and Mail, January 15, 1925
↑ "New Lieutenant-Governor", Toronto Daily Star, September 25, 1925

v t e Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia

Post-Confederation (1867-present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant

Lieutenant-Governors before Confederation (1786-1867)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey Bazalgette LeMarchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Williams

Lieutenant-Governors of Cape Breton Island (1784-1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie

Governors before Confederation (1710-1786)	Vetch Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr

Lieutenant-Governors who served in the absence of Governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.

Persondata
Name	Douglas, James Robson
Alternative names
Short description	Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Date of birth	April 13, 1876
Place of birth
Date of death	July 27, 1934
Place of death

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