Archibald Lucius Douglas

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Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, GCB, GCVO (8 February 1842, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada – 12 March 1913, Newnham, Hampshire, England) was a Royal Navy officer of the 19th century.

He was educated at the Quebec High School, and in 1856 entered the Royal Navy as a cadet. He headed a British naval mission to Japan in 1873.

He rose to the rank of vice-admiral in 1901; from 1902 to 1904 he was commander-in-chief of the North American station; and he retired from the service in 1907. In 1910 he was made an honorary LL.D. of McGill University. In 1902 he was created a KCB, in 1905 a GCVO, and in 1911 a GCB.

[edit] See also

• Anglo-Japanese relations
• Imperial Japanese Navy
• Naval history of Japan

[edit] Sources

• W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., p. 229.
• Ian Gow, 'The Douglas Mission (1873-79) and Meiji Naval Education' in J.E. Hoare ed., Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits Volume III, Japan Library 1999 ISBN 978-1873410899

FOREIGN MILITARY MISSIONS TO JAPAN
FRANCE	UNITED KINGDOM	GERMANY	NETHERLANDS	ITALY
French Military Mission to Japan (1867-1868) French Military Mission to Japan (1872-1880) French Military Mission to Japan (1884-1889) French Military Mission to Japan (1918-1919)	Tracey Mission (1867-1868) Douglas Mission (1873-1875) Sempill Mission (1922-1923)	Meckel Mission (1885-1890)	Pels Rijcken (1855-1857) Kattendijke (1857-1859) Schermbeck (1883-1886)	Pompeo Grillo (1884-188) Quaratezi (1889-1890)

Military offices
Preceded by Lord Walter Kerr	Second Naval Lord 1899–1902	Succeeded by John Arbuthnot Fisher
Preceded by ?	C-in-C North America and West Indies Squadron 1902–1904	Succeeded by ?