Douglas, Sir (Henry) Percy
(1876–1939)
- V. W. Baddeley
- , revised
Extract
Douglas, Sir (Henry) Percy (1876–1939), hydrographer, was born at Dacre Hill, Higher Bebington, Cheshire, on 1 November 1876, the second son of Admiral Sholto Douglas (1833–1913) and his first wife, Maria Louisa, the only daughter of William Bickford, of Stonehouse, Devon. He entered the training ship ...