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Frances Wilkins

Robert Douglas, 'Collector' of Customs and Master Smuggler [Lecture to the Society, 21st November, 2003]

Proceedings, Recent, Recent (Social), History

TDGNHAS Series III, 78 (2004), 154(4.91 MB)

Abstract

Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 21st November 2003 regarding life and times of Robert Douglas 'Collector' of Customs and Master Smuggler. Douglas married Margaret Corbet, daughter of a Glasgow merchant. He obtained credit on the Isle of m