Sir James Douglas, KCB, (August 15, 1803 – August 2 1877), was an employee and officer of the Hudson's Bay Company and a British colonial governor. From 1851 to 1864, he was Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island. In 1858 he became, also, the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia, in order to assert British authority during the Fraser River gold rush, which had the potential to turn the Mainland into an American state. Wikipedia
DOUGLAS , Sir JAMES , HBC officer and governor of Vancouver Island and of the crown colony of British Columbia; b. 5June or 15Aug.1803 ; d. at Victoria, B.C., 2Aug.1877. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39077
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