DOUGLAS, SIR ROBERT ANDREWS MACKENZIE (1837-84), 3rd baronet, son of the second baronet, was educated in Jersey and Hampshire and gazetted ensign in the 57th Regiment (1854), with which he served at the storming of Sebastopol and the capture of Kinburn. He later served against the Arabs at Aden (being present at the capture of Sheikh Othman), and in the Indian Mutiny. Coming with the 57th to New Zealand, he served through the West Coast campaign under General Cameron, and was present at several skirmishes, including Nukumaru.

Douglas commanded a company for 10 years before selling out to settle at Whangarei. There he took a keen interest in public affairs. He was a member of the Provincial Council for Whangarei (1873 to abolition) and represented Marsden in Parliament (1876-79). In 1880 he was a member of the civil service commission. Douglas married in 1866 Eleanor Louisa (d. 1919), daughter of T. H. Liffiton. He died on 28 Feb 1884.

Parlt'y. Record; Burke, Peerage, 1935; Gudgeon; Auckland P.C. Proc.

Reference: Volume 1, page 126

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