Henry Douglas

Who was Henry Douglas?

Henry Alexander Douglas was the third Bishop of Bombay from 1869 to 1876. Born into a noble family 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". He died on 13 December 1875 and his papers published posthumously.

His successor as Dean of Cape Town was a long serving Very Rev Charles William Barnett Clarke.

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