Robert Noel Douglas
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Robert Noel Douglas (Norwood Green, Middlesex 9 November 1868 – Colyton, Devon 27 February 1957) was an English first-class cricketer, teacher and priest.
Early life
[edit]He was the second son of Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas (1838–1913) and Rachel Charlotte Kirkby Fenton (1842–1921).[1]
He was educated at Dulwich and Selwyn College, Cambridge.[2] He represented Cambridge University (three blues), Surrey and Middlesex as a right-handed batsman. His brothers A.P., James and Sholto also played first-class cricket.
Career
[edit]In 1888 he was appointed Assistant Master at Dulwich College Preparatory School; then at Uppingham School, 1892; and House Master there, 1904. Head Master of Giggleswick School, 1910-31. He left teaching and was ordained deacon in Exeter in 1931; and priest in 1932 appointed curate of Farway with Northleigh and Southleigh, Devon from 1931-6; and Rector there from 1936.[3]
Personal life
[edit]In 1904 married Caroline Marie Augusta David (1871–1923), daughter of (Peter Julius) Paul David (1841–1932), the Director of Music at Uppingham School.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Adams, Percy Walter Lewis (1921). A History of the Douglas Family of Morton in Nithsdale (Dumfriesshire) and Fingland (Kirkcudbrightshire) & Their Descendants. Sidney Press. pp. 442–445. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Douglas, Robert Noel (DGLS889RN)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Venn, J (1954). Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press.
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