John Douglas (British Army officer)

General Sir John Douglas of Glenfinart GCB (7 July 1817 – 8 September 1888) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

[4] He was given the colonelcy of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from 1879 to 1887 and promoted full general on 30 January 1880.

[7][1] He died in 1888 and was buried in the graveyard of St Munn's Parish Church, Kilmun.

[8] A memorial also exists on the central vault in Dalry Cemetery in west Edinburgh.

[9] He was the cousin of Sir James Douglas, 1st Governor of British Columbia.

Memorial to General Sir John Douglas, Dalry Cemetery