William Dougall Christie

(1816-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Christie, William Dougal, 1816-1874 NRA: Christie, William Dougal (1816-1874) MP Diplomat DNB: Christie, William Dougal (1816–1874), diplomatist and author LBT ID: WiChris1874 VIAF ID: 12659970 LOC ID: n88125097	B/BAP: 1816-01-05 DIED: 1874-07-27
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The son of the physician Dougal Christie (d. 1837); educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a Liberal MP for Weymouth (1842-47) before pursuing a career as a diplomat and producing an edition of Dryden (1870).
REFERENCES TO William Dougall Christie: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XV Found 1: ¶ 6