Henry Grattan Douglass (1790 – 1 December 1865) was an Irish-born Australian medical doctor and politician.
In 1821 he migrated to New South Wales and became in charge of a hospital at Parramatta, also conducting his own private practice.
These appointments enraged the opposing 'Emancipists' faction, who thought him unqualified for these roles and just another beneficiary of what they viewed as the favouritism and cronyism of Darling's administration.
However, after, probably unwisely, he had become involved in the political manoeuvres of the colony he effectively had been forced to leave the colony—temporarily it transpired—by Governor Darling.
[2][3][5][4] He was involved in the foundation of the University of Sydney and was also a tenant on 7,800 acres of crown land.