Robert Douglas (1727–1809)

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Robert Douglas (1727 – 1809) was a Dutch States Army officer from Scotland who was commander of the garrison city of 's-Hertogenbosch in the Dutch Republic from 1780 to 1794.{{cite book|last1=Willigen|first1=Adriaan van der|last2=Heijden|first2=Lia van der|title=De levensloop van Adriaan van der Willigen (1766-1841): een autobiografie uit een tijdperk van overgang|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOlW-8Eu6RMC&pg=PA323|accessdate=25 October 2017|year=2010|publisher=Uitgeverij Verloren|isbn=9789087041793|page=323}} He was governor there from 1784.

Douglas was a major-general from 1778, and replaced Ludwig Ernst von Brunswick-Lüneburg-Bevern at 's-Hertogenbosch. He was the son of George Douglas of Friarshaw and his wife, Elizabeth Scott (daughter of Sir Patrick Scott, Bart. of Ancrum). His grandfather was Henry Douglas, 6th laird of Friarshaw.