British politician (1791–1819)
Portrait of Frederick Sylvester North Douglas by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1815). The Hon. Frederick Sylvester North Douglas FRS (8 February 1791 – 21 October 1819) was an English actuary and politician.
He was the oldest son of Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie , and his wife Lady Catherine Anne North , daughter of Frederick North, Lord North (later 2nd Earl of Guilford), the Prime Minister.[1]
He was educated at Westminster School , Christ Church, Oxford , and at Lincoln's Inn ,[2] before setting off on a grand tour from 1810 to 1812.[1] On his return he wrote An Essay on Certain Points of Resemblance Between the Ancient and Modern Greeks .
He was elected at the 1812 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury , holding the seat until his death in 1819, aged 28.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1817.[3]
Works Douglas, Frederick Sylvester North (1813). An Essay on Certain Points of Resemblance Between the Ancient and Modern Greeks (2nd ed.). London. Retrieved 9 June 2014 .
References ^ a b c Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "DOUGLAS, Hon. Frederick Sylvester North (1791-1819), of The Pheasantry, Bushey, Mdx". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 . Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 9 June 2014 . ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Douglas, Frederick Sylvester North" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource .^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 January 2017 .
External links Media related to Frederick Sylvester North Douglas at Wikimedia CommonsHansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frederick Douglas