Christopher Merlin Vyvyan Holland is a British and Irish biographer and editor. He is the only grandchild of Oscar Wilde, whose life he has researched and written about extensively.
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
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…never lived to see in print. Lord Birkenhead knew Edward Carson, the barrister who led the defence against Wilde's action for criminal libel against John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. 1997: The Wit of Oscar Wilde…
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".