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Stair Douglas


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service24.12.1780CSORN
Last Known Service10.1810CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
24.12.1780 LieutenantCSORN
24.12.178030.12.1782
Blast (8) 1776-1783
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1779 Renamed "Blast"
, Lieutenant ADM 6/22/406
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
Confirmed 1.2.1782
ADM 6/22
12.4.1782 Battle of the Saintes 
5.12.178230.12.1782
Grafton (74) 1771-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/550
ADM 6/22
30.12.17827.1.1783
Grafton (74) 1771-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/22/567
ADM 6/22
7.1.178322.4.1783
Cambridge (80) 1755-1808
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/23/4
ADM 6/23
20.5.178324.4.1786
Elizabeth (74) 1769-1797
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/23/70
ADM 6/23
3.10.178710.5.1790
Nymphe (36) 1780-1810
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/23/424
ADM 6/23
16.5.179325.7.1793
America (64) 1777-1807
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/239
ADM 6/24
5.7.1793 
Swiftsure (74) 1787-1801
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/252
ADM 6/24
12.11.1795 CommanderCSORN
179610.1796
Scorpion (16) 1785-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
13.9.1797 CaptainCSORN
1800 
Nymphe (36) 1780-1810
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
1809 
Bellona (74) 1760-1814
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
11.4.1809 Battle of the Basque Roads 
28.7.18094.9.1809Expedition to the Scheldt 
7.181010.1810
Africa (64) 1781-1814
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714

Notes on Officer


BiographyRNB1823

This officer is a grandson of the late Sir John Douglas, of Kilhead, Bart. We are unable to give any further account of his services than that he served as a Midshipman during the American war, with his uncle, the late Captain Stair Douglas; received his first commission as a Lieutenant from Lord Rodney; was promoted to the rank of Commander in the Scorpion sloop of war, on the Jamaica station, in 1795; became a Post-Captain, Sept. 13, 1797; obtained the command of the Nymphe frigate, in 1800; and commanded the Bellona, of 74 guns, forming part of Lord Gambier’s fleet on the memorable 11th April, 1809. His promotion to the rank of Rear-Admiral took place July 19, 1821. He married, July 1802, Anne, daughter of John Payne, of Stubington House, co. Hants, Esq.



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