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James Douglas
1803–1877
Canada
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Sir James Douglas, (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877) was a Canadian fur trader and politician who became the first governor of the Colony of British Columbia. Douglas was the son of a wealthy Scottish planter and a free coloured woman of Creole ancestry. He worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, of which he became Chief Factor.
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