The Douglas Family started in Australia with the arrival of Sir Ade Douglas, and he arrived at Launceston in January 1839. I am a descendant of him and therefore my family has been in Australia for 183 years as of 2022.
The son of Captain Henry Osborne Douglas, and his wife Eleanor, Douglas was born in Thorpe, Norfolk, England of Scottish descent. His father was an army officer, but his grandfather, Billy Douglas was an admiral and five uncles were post-captains. Douglas was educated in Hampshire and Caen, France, before doing his articles with a Southampton law firm. He migrated to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) aboard the Louisa Campbell in 1839.