Sir Adye Douglas (31 May 1815 – 10 April 1906) was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania.

[1] Douglas was admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania,[2] but went to Victoria where he ran a sheep farm near Kilmore with his brother.

[3] Douglas was very interested in the development and welfare of the colony, and was a supporter of both the establishment of local responsible government and the name change from Van Diemens Land to Tasmania.

He played his only first class cricket match at South Yarra Ground, Melbourne, on 29 and 30 March 1852 for Tasmania against Victoria.

[13] For all his evident conservatism, Douglas recommended a Yes vote in the Federation referendums, and favoured the establishment of an Australian Republic.

Douglas resigned as Premier in 1886 to take up a post as Tasmanian Agent-General in London,[14] but was soon recalled due to problems with his railway associations in Tasmania.

In 1858 Douglas married Martha Matilda Collins (née Rolls) and she died in 1872 in Launceston, Tasmania.

His son by his third marriage, Osbourne Douglas played first-class cricket for Tasmania between 1898–99 and 1904–05 and was killed on active service in France in 1918 during World War I.