James Robson Douglas

The Honourable
James Robson Douglas
The Honourable James Robson Douglas
13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; January 12, 1925 – September 14, 1925
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Premier	Ernest Howard Armstrong; Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Preceded by	MacCallum Grant
Succeeded by	James Cranswick Tory
Personal details
Born	April 13, 1876; Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died	July 27, 1934 (aged 58); Montreal, Quebec
Spouse	Marion Genevieve Douglas (née Stevens)
Occupation	acclaimed broker, property developer and businessman

James Robson Douglas (1876-1934) was named the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia effective January 21, 1925, succeeding MacCallum Grant.^[1] He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, and was a broker by profession. Douglas resigned as lieutenant-governor on September 24, 1925, nine months into his term, and was replaced by James Tory.^[2]

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List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc Savage
Lieutenant governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics. Nova Scotia portal

The Honourable James Robson Douglas


13th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office January 12, 1925 – September 14, 1925
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Viscount Byng of Vimy
Premier	Ernest Howard Armstrong Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Preceded by	MacCallum Grant
Succeeded by	James Cranswick Tory

Personal details
Born	(1876-04-13)April 13, 1876 Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died	July 27, 1934(1934-07-27) (aged 58) Montreal, Quebec
Spouse	Marion Genevieve Douglas (née Stevens)
Occupation	acclaimed broker, property developer and businessman

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