John Sholto Douglas ninth Marquess of Queensberry

Standard Name: Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas,,, ninth Marquess of

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Cultural formation	Oscar Wilde	OW , at the top of his fame as a playwright, brought libel charges against the Marquess of Queensberry (father of his lover Lord Alfred Douglas ), who had sent him an insulting card, reading...
Family and Intimate relationships	Florence Dixie	Florence's eldest brother, Lord John , later became the notorious ninth Marquess of Queensberry, father of Lord Alfred Douglas . It was he who destroyed Oscar Wilde by bringing the court case against him.
Family and Intimate relationships	George Douglas	The eldest of GD 's brothers, John Sholto Douglas, the heir, became Marquess of Queensberry at their father's early death. He later became notorious as the father of Lord Alfred Douglas and the enemy of...
Textual Production	Florence Dixie	Lady FD dedicated a book to the Marquess her brother after his death. Given his reputation as a bigot, her comments can be seen as springing from sisterly devotion, rather than impartial judgement. Roberts, Brian. The Mad Bad Line. Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 270 Roberts, Brian. Ladies in the Veld. John Murray, 1965. 179

Timeline

Around 1878

The Albemarle Club was formed with the plan of admitting equal numbers of men and women.

Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.

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2 November 1899

Eugene Sandow defeated the English strongman Samson in a competition judged by the marquess of Queensberry and the very young Lord de Clifford at the Royal Aquarium.

Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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