DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES WHITTINGHAM HORS LEY (1850-1914), British general, was born on July 17, 185o, at the Cape of Good Hope. Entering the army when 19, he saw service with the 92nd Highlanders in the Afghan War of 1879-80, in the Boer War of 1881, in the Sudan campaign of 1884 and in the South African War of 1899-1901. In 1895 he had been made deputy assistant adjutant-general at Aldershot; in 1898 he became a colonel ; in 1904 adjutant-general at the War Office and member of the new Army Council; in 1909 general officer commanding-in chief, southern command ; in 1910 full general; 1912 inspector general, home forces, and in 1914 chief of the Imperial General Staff. Up to the time of his death on Oct. 25, 1914, he assisted Kitchener at the War Office.