Damansara in early maps and written records
In December 1875, a 53-year-old Welsh naval officer named William B. Douglas came to Selangor see James C. Jackson (1963) Kuala Lumpur in the 1880's: The contribution of Bloomfield Douglas, Journal of Southeast Asian History 4(2), pp. 117-127. to take over the position of Assistant Resident from Frank Swettenham. Later, Douglas's son-in-law, an Australian surveyor named Daniel D. Daly, was made see Isabella Bird (2002) Letters to Henrietta, Northeastern University Press, Boston, p. 321 the Superintendent of Public Works and Surveys of Selangor. However, according to Daly himself, he was appointed by Sir Andrew Clarke in May 1875. Since Daly's appointment as surveyor predates Douglas's Selangor assignment, the following must be true: Daly was initially recruited by Clarke to work in Singapore. When Douglas was transferred to Selangor in 1875, and later made the Resident of Selangor in April 1876, he made Daly his second-in-command. A map of Malay Peninsula publ