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    Sir James Douglas, KCB (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877) was a Canadian fur trader and politician who became the first Governor of the Colony of British...
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    Sir James Douglas (also known as Good Sir James and the Black Douglas; c. 1286 – 1330) was a Scottish knight and feudal lord. He was one of the chief...
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  • James Douglas may refer to: James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (1426–1446), Scottish nobleman James Douglas, Earl of Angus (1671–1692), son of the 2nd Marquess...
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  • He was later the Governor of Rupert's Land. He married Jane Douglas on 9 March 1858. She was a daughter of James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver...
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  • governor of the colony of Vancouver Island James G. Douglas (1887–1984), Irish senator James Henry Douglas (died 1905), Australian politician James W...
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    Douglas James Burgum (born August 1, 1956) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2016 as the 33rd governor of North Dakota. He is among...
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    James Holley Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from...
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    Detachment, the Colony's supreme authority was its Governor James Douglas, who was the Governor of the neighbouring colony of Vancouver Island. This first...
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  • Admiral Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet (1703 – 2 November 1787) was a Scottish naval officer and Commodore of Newfoundland. Douglas became a captain in...
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    James Douglas Pillen (born December 31, 1955) is an American politician, veterinarian and livestock producer serving as the 41st and current governor...
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  • General Sir James Dawes Douglas GCB (14 January 1785 – 6 March 1862) was a British Army officer, who had a long and illustrious military career, which...
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    Horsley Douglas (1850–1914) Nicholas Douglas of Mains James Douglas James Douglas William Douglas John Douglas Alexander Douglas Matthew Douglas Malcolm...
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    Company vessels Hudson's Bay point blanket Hudson's Bay tokens James Douglas (governor) List of department stores by country § Canada List of Hudson's...
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    Arthur MacArthur Jr. (category Military Governors of the Philippine Islands)
    military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes with the civilian governor, future-U...
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    things the Songhees survived the epidemic with few deaths. Sir James Douglas, governor of Vancouver Island negotiated a treaty with the Songhees in 1850...
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    James Robson Douglas (1876-1934) was named the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia effective January 21, 1925, succeeding MacCallum Grant. He was...
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  • Vancouver Island, the son of Sir James Douglas, the first governor of Vancouver Island, and Amelia Connolly. James had been born in British Guiyana to...
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    America (1816) James Douglas (governor) (1803–1877), a high-ranking Hudson's Bay Company officer and later governor of Vancouver Island Douglas, Thomas (1984)...
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    present-day Yale, British Columbia, sparking the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. Governor James Douglas was suddenly faced with having to exert British authority over a...
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    ultimately made into the park was set aside as a protected area by Sir James Douglas, governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1858. In 1882, the land was...
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    founded by James Douglas. In 1849, the Crown Colony of Vancouver Island was created; and in 1851, James Douglas was appointed Governor. Douglas, known as...
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    Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as...
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  • Sir Douglas James Jardine KCMG OBE (13 October 1888 – 11 December 1946) was a British colonial administrator, holding the posts of Governor of North Borneo...
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  • Walter Douglas (1670–1739) was Captain-General and Governor-General of the Leeward Islands. Walter Douglas was one of seven sons of William Douglas of Baads...
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    area, he confirmed the name as the Courtenay River. In 1853 Sir James Douglas, governor of Vancouver Island, took a journey up the coast of Vancouver Island...
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    to the United States House of Representatives in 1843. Douglas became an ally of President James K. Polk, and favored the annexation of Texas and the Mexican–American...
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    two former Kansas governors, Buchanan decided to accept the Lecompton Constitution. In a December 1857 meeting with Stephen A. Douglas, the chairman of...
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    governed together by a single governor (Sir James Douglas), were each to have their own governor, and Kennedy was appointed Governor of Vancouver Island. Compared...
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  • Governor of Bermuda (1846–1852) British Columbia – James Douglas, Governor of British Columbia (1845–1850) British Guiana – Henry Light, Governor of...
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  • "Recipients". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Equinox Gallery: Geoffrey James National Gallery of Canada: Geoffrey James Governor General's...
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