Neil Douglas

Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Douglas (1779 – 1 September 1853) was a British Army officer who fought at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo and later became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Life Family He was the son of John Douglas, a Scottish merchant of the planter class of the West Indies, and the brother of plantation owner and art collector Cecilia Douglas, who, by her marriage, became one of the wealthiest women in Scotland.

Military career Douglas was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 95th Regiment of Foot on 28 January 1801. Promoted to captain in the 79th Regiment of Foot on 19 April 1804, he took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807, the Battle of Corunna in January 1809 and Battle of Bussaco in September 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1842 to 1847 at the rank of Major General.