Francis Campbell Ross Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Barloch KCMG (21 October 1889 – 30 March 1980), was a British journalist, solicitor and Labour Party politician.
Douglas was born in Wakopa, Manitoba, Canada to a Scottish family.
He was educated at Glasgow University and later became a partner in Douglas & Company, solicitors, and also worked as a journalist.
[1] Having unsuccessfully fought Yeovil in 1929, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Battersea North at a by-election in 1940, a seat he held until 1946, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1940 to 1945 and to the Home Secretary from 1945 to 1946 (James Chuter Ede held both positions).
[2] In 1946 Douglas resigned from the House of Commons on being appointed Governor of Malta, which he remained until 1949.