Loudon MacQueen Douglas

Loudon MacQueen Douglas FRSE (1863-1944) was an engineer, author, antiquarian, dairy expert and pig-breeder. He was co-founder of William Douglas Ltd of Edinburgh (1888) and London (1890).

He was born in Colinton, south-west of Edinburgh in 1863, the son of William Douglas and Marion Hunter.[1]

In 1910 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Gerald Rowley Leighton, Robert Wallace, James Macdonald, and R Stewart MacDougall.[2]

He served as President of the Scottish Society in 1914.

He died on 27 January 1944.

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  1. ^ "Loudon MacQueen Douglas, 1864-1944".
  2. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.