So Thomas Douglas is alive in 1878, a mason/builder/contractor, and dead before 1898.
Reasonably likely that he is on the 1881 census: For Amble we have a Thomas Douglas, age 34, Builder, Church Street. Born Amble, wife Jane.
The 1891 Amble Census has him as "Contractor (Building)", age 44, now at Wynd House. It's very likely this is your man.
So dead between 1891 and 1898, there should be a probate record out there for him but I'm not having much luck finding it.
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