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Adm. Fell.-Com. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Nov. 6, 1787. Of Essex. [6th s. of Lieut.-Gen. Archibald, M.P. B. Dec. 25, 1765. School, Harrow.] ' Matric. Michs. 1788; LL.B. 1794. Cornet in the 4th Regt. of Dragoons, 1782-7. Ord. deacon (Ely, Litt. dim. from Gloucester) Nov. 21, 1790; C. of Minchinhampton, Gloucs.; C. of Knightwick, Worcs., and Whitbourne, Heref. He held the curacies jointly. R. of Hampton Lovett, and R. of Salwarpe, Worcs., 1799-1806. Enlarged the rectory of Salwarpe very considerably, and built the rectory of Hampton Lovett. J.P. for Worcs. Married, Dec. 15, 1787, Frances, dau. of Henry Vaughan Jeffreys, of Kirkham Priory, Yorks., and of Worcester. Died Dec. 6, 1806. Buried at Salwarpe. Father of Henry (1811); brother of Philip (1776). (Burke, L.G.; Harrow Sch. Reg.; P. W. L. Adams, History of the Douglas Family; Canon E. Sinker; Cant. Act Bk.)