Sir John Douglas KCMG (5 December 1836 – 22 August 1885) was the Irish-born son of Lt Gen Sir James Dawes Douglas (1795–1862) and Marianne Bullock.

[1] Douglas was in the Civil Service of Mauritius 1859–1869 when he transferred to Ceylon where he was Auditor-General between 1869 and 1876.

[5] Douglas had married, in 1871, Alice Anne, daughter of Right Rev.

Piers Calveley Claughton (d. 1884), Bishop of Colombo, Ceylon.

[6] Sir John Douglas died in Ceylon on 23 August 1885 and was buried at St Paul's Church, Kandy.