| Sir William Douglas | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1858 |
| Death Date: | 1920 (aged 61-62) |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Major-General |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Commands: | 14th Infantry Brigade East Lancashire Division |
| Unit: | Royal Scots |
| Battles: | Bechuanaland Expedition Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Sir William Douglas (13 August 1858 – 1920) was a British Army officer.
Douglas was commissioned into the Royal Scots on 30 January 1878.[1] He saw action in the Bechuanaland Expedition in 1884, and after attending Staff College in 1896,[2] saw action again in the Second Boer War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He became a staff officer with Irish Command in March 1906.[1]
He became commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade in November 1909 and General Officer Commanding East Lancashire Division in May 1913.[3]
He deployed with his division to Egypt in September 1914, in the opening weeks of the First World War, and commanded it during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915 and for which he was later appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George. He went on to command the division, numbered the 42nd in 1915, in the Middle Eastern theatre before returning to England in March 1917.[1] He then commanded the Western Reserve Centre before retiring from the army in 1918.[1]
Douglas married, in December 1885, Ellen Lytcott (a Lady of Grace of St John of Jerusalem), daughter of Samuel Taylor, Crown Solicitor, Barbados.[4]