Archibald Lucius Douglas

Admiral SIR Archibald Lucius Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (8 February, 1842 – 12 March, 1913) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

His son, Lt. Cdr. David William Shafto Douglas would die at the Battle of Jutland in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Black Prince, in which he was Gunnery Officer.

Life & Career

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 May, 1862.

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 May, 1872.

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Captain on 19 July, 1880.

He was appointed command of Edinburgh on 6 September, 1890.

Douglas was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 1 January, 1893, vice Church.

Douglas was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station on 15 January, 1898.

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 June, 1901, vice St. John.

Douglas was knighted and appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 26 June, 1902.

Between December 1902 and February, 1903, Douglas blockaded Venezuelan ports as part of the Venezuela Crisis in a manner that pleased the Admiralty.

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 March, 1905, vice FitzGerald. In July, he was appointed President of the committee to consider questions connected to the New Scheme for training officers.

On the occasion of the visit of the French fleet to Britain he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) on 11 August.

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 8 February, 1907.

Douglas was appointed an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 2 January, 1911.

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 March, 1913. Issue 40158, col E, p. 9.
• Douglas, Archibald C. (1938). Life of Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.. Totnes: Mortimer Bros.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/36.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/14.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Ralph L. Turton	Captain of H.M.S. Egeria 27 Jan, 1876 – 1 Mar, 1880	Succeeded by Charles Johnstone
Preceded by Arthur E. Dupuis	Captain of H.M.S. Serapis 7 Jan, 1884 – 11 Feb, 1887	Succeeded by Frederick R. Boardman
Preceded by Herbert W. Dowding	Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 22 Aug, 1887	Succeeded by Henry J. May
Preceded by Henry St. L. B. Palliser	Captain of H.M.S. Edinburgh 6 Sep, 1890 – 16 Dec, 1891	Succeeded by John W. Brackenbury
Preceded by Henry J. Carr	Captain of H.M.S. Cambridge 1 Jan, 1892 – 3 Jul, 1894	Succeeded by Richard H. Hamond
Preceded by Lewis A. Beaumont	Captain of H.M.S. Excellent 3 Jul, 1894 – 9 Nov, 1895	Succeeded by Edmund F. Jeffreys
Preceded by Ernest Rice	Vice-President of the Ordnance Committee 1 Feb, 1896 – 15 Jan, 1898	Succeeded by Albert B. Jenkings
Preceded by Edmund C. Drummond	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 15 Jan, 1898 – 19 Jul, 1899	Succeeded by Day H. Bosanquet
Preceded by The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr	Second Naval Lord 18 Aug, 1899 – 5 Jun, 1902	Succeeded by Sir John A. Fisher
Preceded by Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford	Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 10 Jun, 1902 – 8 Oct, 1904	Succeeded by Sir Day H. Bosanquet
Preceded by Sir John A. Fisher	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station 20 Oct, 1904 – 8 Feb, 1907	Succeeded by Sir Day H. Bosanquet