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Col. John Douglas Crimea 1854
CODE:54-905
SCULPTOR:Richard Galicek
PAINTER:Danilo Cartacci
MATERIAL:Metal
PIECES:30
WEIGHT:650 gr
SIZE:54mm
SCALE:1:32
Major General John Douglas
Ensign 61st Foot 18th July 1829
79th Highlanders 25th July 1829
Lieutenant 79th 25th Oct 1833
Captain 79th 11th May 1839
Captain 11th Light Dragoons 15th Nov 1839
Major 11th Hussars 24th Dec 1852
Lt-Col 11th H 20th July 1854
Colonel of the Army 20th June 1857
Half Pay 1859
Major General 6th March 1868
Died Aldershot 10th May 1871
John Douglas led the 11th Hussars in the Charge of the Light Brigade. He survived without serious wound. He had been brought into the regiment by Lord Cardigan and as such, was one of Cardigan's supporters to the extent that he acted as second to the Earl in the duel with Captain Harvey Tuckett on Wimbledon Common on 12th September 1840. Tuckett, a former officer of the 11th and a popular hero of Bhurtpore had infuriated Cardigan by writing letters to the Morning Chronicle criticising Cardigan's treatment of his officers. Douglas was sent round to see Tuckett and demand an apology. This failed so the duel was fought with the result that Tuckett was severely wounded. Cardigan was tried by a friendly judge for illegal duelling and wounding, and was ludicrously discharged. Captain Douglas was also tried as an accessory to attempted murder and also acquitted.
Born about 1810, in Glasgow, the son of Archibald Douglas and Anna McNeill, he married Rosa Maria Paget, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Augusta Fane, on 10 March 1842. He lived in Glenfinart, Argyllshire, Scotland, and died on 10 May 1871, without issue.
CODE:54-905
SCULPTOR:Richard Galicek
PAINTER:Danilo Cartacci
MATERIAL:Metal
PIECES:30
WEIGHT:650 gr
SIZE:54mm
SCALE:1:32
Major General John Douglas
Ensign 61st Foot 18th July 1829
79th Highlanders 25th July 1829
Lieutenant 79th 25th Oct 1833
Captain 79th 11th May 1839
Captain 11th Light Dragoons 15th Nov 1839
Major 11th Hussars 24th Dec 1852
Lt-Col 11th H 20th July 1854
Colonel of the Army 20th June 1857
Half Pay 1859
Major General 6th March 1868
Died Aldershot 10th May 1871
John Douglas led the 11th Hussars in the Charge of the Light Brigade. He survived without serious wound. He had been brought into the regiment by Lord Cardigan and as such, was one of Cardigan's supporters to the extent that he acted as second to the Earl in the duel with Captain Harvey Tuckett on Wimbledon Common on 12th September 1840. Tuckett, a former officer of the 11th and a popular hero of Bhurtpore had infuriated Cardigan by writing letters to the Morning Chronicle criticising Cardigan's treatment of his officers. Douglas was sent round to see Tuckett and demand an apology. This failed so the duel was fought with the result that Tuckett was severely wounded. Cardigan was tried by a friendly judge for illegal duelling and wounding, and was ludicrously discharged. Captain Douglas was also tried as an accessory to attempted murder and also acquitted.
Born about 1810, in Glasgow, the son of Archibald Douglas and Anna McNeill, he married Rosa Maria Paget, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Paget and Lady Augusta Fane, on 10 March 1842. He lived in Glenfinart, Argyllshire, Scotland, and died on 10 May 1871, without issue.
