John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquess
of Queensberry (1844-1900)
son of Archibald William Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry and
Caroline Margaret Clayton
Born 20 July 1844 Firenze
Died 31 January 1900 London, Welbeck Str
Buried 3 February 1900 Kinmount
Married 26 February 1866 St.George's, Han Sq Div.1887
Sibyl Montgomery
Born 28 May 1845
Died 31 October 1935 Hove
Buried Crawley, Sussex
He was famous for giving
his name to the rules of boxing and for his
persecution of Oscar Wilde.
He had other claims to notoriety, his
agnosticism resulted in
his expulsion from the House of Lords; he
quarelled violently with
all his sons, the eldest of whom was found
dead in suspicious circumstances.
His brother, Francis, was killed in
the first ascent of the
Matterhorn; his other brother, James, cut his
own throat in a London hotel.
Source: "The Mad Bad Line", by Brian Roberts
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