Marquess of Queensberry
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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 Queen
Memorial plaques at the Douglas Family Mausoleum, Cummertrees Parish Church
The Queensberry Monument Dumfries
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensbe
Marquess of Queensberry
…son and heir. The family seat of the Marquesses of Queensberry was Kinmount House in the parish of Cummertrees, south Scotland, which was sold by the 9th Marquess in 1896. The traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry is the Douglas family mausoleum at Cummertrees Parish Church. The 9th Marquess…
Lord Queensberry in 1896
The Douglas Mausoleum outside Cummertrees Parish Church in Dumfries and Galloway, traditional burial place of the Marquesses of Queensberry
1877 caricature of Queensberry in Vanity Fair. Caption reads: "a good light weight".
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1896)