A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, John
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
John Douglas entered the Navy 14 April, 1812; passed his examination in 1818; and obtained his commission 21 June, 1826. His appointments appear to have been – 18 Sept. 1828, to the Coast Blockade, while in which service his name was successively borne on the books of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot – 15 April, 1831, to the Coast Guard – and 16 Dec. 1835, 24 Sept. 1833, and 5 Aug. 1841, to the command, on the Channel, South American, and Falmouth stations, of the Speedy cutter, Cockatrice schooner, and Swift brig, the latter of which he left in Jan. 1847. Lieut. Douglas was awarded, 18 Dec. 1843, a pension for wounds of 12l.