Douglas Sir Howard Bart

Douglas, Sir Howard, Bart., K.C.B. (1776-1861), the son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, was m English general and writer upon military subjects. He served in the Peninsular war, and was Governor of New Brunswick (1823-29) and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands (1835-40). He became general in 1851. Among his works are an Essay on Military Bridges (1816), a treatise on Naval Gunnery (1819), Observations on Garnet's System of Fortification, a treatise on The Value of the British Provinces in North America, and a work on Naval Evolutions (1832).