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David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry (born 19 December 1929) is an Anglo-Scottish aristocrat and pottery designer. He is the elder son of Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry , and his only son by his second wife, artist Cathleen Sabine Mann (married 1926 – divorced 1946).
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
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 ...
Current Seat Former Seats Marquess of Huntly: Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire: Huntly Castle: 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 ...
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 ...
In 1896, James J. Corbett, the first heavyweight champion crowned under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, [5]: 109 hadn't defended his title in three years. [6] In November 1895, Corbett gave up the championship to play the role of Ned Cornell, a boxer, in the play A Naval Cadet. [7]
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 ...
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.