Lord Archibald Edward Douglas

Reverend Lord Archibald Edward Douglas (1850–1938) was the son of Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry and his wife Caroline Margaret Clayton, daughter of General Sir William Clayton, 5th Baronet (1786–1866).[1][2] Reverend Lord Archibald Douglas was a Roman Catholic priest who arranged the emigration of children to Canada as part of the child migration movement, whose stated goal was to place these children on farms, in sparsely settled parts of the world where they would receive training, and be able to start farms of their own. The movement was controversial from its inception, being accused of forcing the children to emigrate, of breaking up families, and of placing the children in a situation hardly different from slavery.[3] Douglas sent children to the Ottawa area, to Manitoba, and into Quebec.[4]

  1. ^ G.E. Cokayne et al., eds., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new edition, 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; new edition, 2000), volume X, page 694
  2. ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families : a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works. pp. 307–308. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. ^ Bagnell, Kenneth (2001). The little immigrants: the orphans who came to Canada. Dundurn Group. ISBN 1-55002-370-5.
  4. ^ "Rev. Lord Archibald Douglas". The Douglas Archives. Retrieved 13 July 2016.