Royal Naval Biography/Douglas, William Henry
WILLIAM HENRY DOUGLAS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of the late Francis Douglas, Esq. many years a purser in the royal navy; and brother of Captain Francis Douglas, R, N. whose services we have recorded in Suppl. Part II. p. 217 et seq.
This officer obtained a lieutenant’s commission on the 11th Jan. 1797; commanded the Cracker gun-brig, in action with a division of French gun-vessels, proceeding from Fecamp to Boulogne, July 23d, 1805; and was promoted to his present rank Dec. 4th, 1813. He married, Oct. 29th, 1811, Miss Elizabeth Love Hammick, of Plymouth.