George Brisbane Scott Douglas

Sir George Brisbane Scott Douglas (1856–1935) was a Scottish poet and writer, as well as a Baronet. He was born on 22 December 1856 in Gibraltar. His mother, Dona Sanchez de Pina, was a native of Gibraltar. He never married and he combined the running of a large country estate with his literary and academic endeavours.[1] Educated at Harrow and Trinity College in Cambridge, his first book was published in 1880.[2] He authored some of his books under the name of Sir George Douglas. The family seat was Springwood House, Kelso in the Scottish Borders.[2] He died on 22 June 1935.[3]

Works

He also wrote biographies of James Hogg (1899) and The “Blackwood” Group (1897) in the "Famous Scots Series" published by Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier. Also The Life Of Major-General Wauchope C.B., C.M.G., LL.D, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904, and other works.

References
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.

Footnotes
  1. Sir George Brisbane Douglas, The Douglas Archives, retrieved 30 October 2014
  2. "Scots Baronet Poet Dead", Dundee Courier (25602), p. 10, 25 June 1935, retrieved 30 October 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive
  3. Boyd, Halbert J. (27 June 1935), "An Appreciation", Southern Reporter (3924), p. 4, retrieved 30 October 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Henry Scott-Douglas		 Baronet
(of Maxwell)
1885–1935		 Succeeded by
James Scott Douglas


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