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Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family . The Marquesses also held the title of Duke of Queensberry from 1684 to 1810, when it was inherited by the Duke of Buccleuch .
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 Marquess of Huntly: 1599 Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly: Scotland Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne: 3 The Marquess of Queensberry: 1682 David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry: Scotland Sholto Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig: 4 The Marquess of Tweeddale: 1694 Charles Hay, 14th Marquess of Tweeddale: Scotland Lord Alistair Hay ...
Marquess of Queensberry: London: Kinmount House: Marquess of Tweeddale: Edinburgh: Yester House, East Lothian Marquess of Lothian: Monteviot House and Ferniehirst Castle, Roxburghshire: Newbattle Abbey and Blickling Hall: Marquess of Bute: Mount Stuart House, Bute Dumfries House, Cardiff Castle, Bute House, Luton Hoo, Lansdowne House. Marquess ...
James Douglas, 3rd Marquess of Queensberry (2 November 1697 – 24 January 1715), known until 1711 as James Douglas, Earl of Drumlanrig, was a Scottish nobleman, the second son, and eldest to survive infancy, of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry. Stories describe him as an "imbecile" and violently insane.
In 1810, he succeeded his fourth cousin once removed, William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, as Marquess of Queensberry. Upon simultaneously inheriting Kinmount House, he commissioned a new house to be built by the English architect Sir Robert Smirke, which served as the seat for subsequent Marquesses of Queensberry and still stands. [3]
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 ...
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 ...