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John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 – 31 January 1900), was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde.
The 9th Marquess is particularly well known because of the rules of boxing that were named after him (the Marquess of Queensberry rules), and for his litigious interaction with Oscar Wilde. On 22 June 1893, Queen Victoria raised Francis Archibald, Viscount Drumlanrig , the heir of the 9th Marquess, to the peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron ...
The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensberry Rules, are a set of generally accepted rules governing the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were so named because the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, [ 1 ] although they were actually written by a Welsh sportsman, John ...
11th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar: Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott 1923–2007 9th Duke of Buccleuch and Earl of Dalkeith, 11th Duke of Queensberry: David Harrington Angus Douglas b. 1929 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, and Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar
His father, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry. Douglas was born at Ham Hill House in Powick, Worcestershire, the third son of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry and his first wife, Sibyl Montgomery. He was his mother's favourite child; she called him Bosie (a derivative of "boysie", as in boy), a nickname which stuck for the rest of his ...
Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry; David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry; Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry; James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry; James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry; John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry; John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry; Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of ...
Though he had been estranged from his son, David Brudenell-Bruce, for 50 years, the 9th Marquess is now hoping an inquest will deliver answers to the questions looming over his father’s fatal fall.
Marquess of Queensberry: 11 February 1682: Douglas Extant Created Duke of Queensberry in 1684. The titles were separated from 1711 to 1715 and again after 1810 Marquess of Dumfriesshire: 3 November 1684: Douglas Extant Subsidiary title of the Duke of Queensberry; also Marquess of Queensberry 1684–1711 and 1715–1810; also Duke of Buccleuch ...