MARQUESSES AND See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

DUKES OF EARLS See also:

• MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF EARLS QUEENSBERRY

QUEENSBERRY  . The See also:

• QUEENSBERRY, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Queensberry See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title, one of the many with which the Scottish See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas is associated, originated in the creation of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Douglas (d . 1640) as See also:

• EARL

earl of Queensberry in 1633 . He was the eldest son of Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Douglas of Drumlanrig (d . 1616) . His See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson William, the 3rd earl (1637-1695), was created See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

marquess of Queensberry in 1682 and See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Queensberry in 1684; he was See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and an extraordinary lord of session . He was also lord high treasurer of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and served James II. as lord high See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of 1685, but in 1686 he was deprived of his offices . He had assented to the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of William and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary and had again enjoyed the royal favour before he died on the 28th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1695 . His son James Douglas, the 2nd duke (1662-1711), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SANQUHAR

Sanquhar See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1662, and was educated at the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, afterwards spending some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign travel . At the Revolution of 1688 he sided with William of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange and was made a privy councillor; after he had become duke of Queens-See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

berry in 1695 he was appointed an extraordinary lord of session and keeper of the privy See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal . He was the royal commissioner to the famous Scottish parliament which met in 1700, and just after the accession of See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne in 1702 he was made one of the secretaries of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state for Scotland . In the latter See also:

• PART

part of 1703 he came under a temporary See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud through his connexion with the Jacobite intriguer, See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser, Lord See also:

• LOVAT, SIMON FRASER, 12TH BARON (e. 1667-1747)

Lovat, who had utilized Queensberry's See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of the duke of See also:

• ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

Atholl to obtain a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission from him to get See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France which would implicate Atholl .

The See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot was betrayed by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816)
• FERGUSON, JAMES (1710-1776)
• FERGUSON, ROBERT (c. 1637-1714)
• FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (1810-1886)

Ferguson, and Queensberry was deprived of his offices . However, in 1705 he was restored and in 1706 he was again commissioner to the Scottish parliament; in this capacity he showed See also:

• GREAT

great ability in carrying through the treaty for the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the two crowns, which, chiefly owing to his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence and skill, was completed in 1707 . For this he was very unpopular in Scotland, but he received a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £3000 a See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1708 he was created duke of See also:

• DOVER
• DOVER, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE
• DOVER, HENRY JERMYN, EARL OF (c. 1636-1708)
• DOVER, ROBERT (1575-1641)

Dover and marquess of See also:

• BEVERLEY
• BEVERLEY, WILLIAM ROXBY (1814?-1889)

Beverley, and he obtained a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder by which his titles were to pass to his second surviving son See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles, and not to his eldest son James, who was an idiot . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1709 he was appointed third secretary of state, and he died on the 6th of See also:

• JULY

July 1711 . Charles Douglas, the 3rd 'duke (r698-1778), who had been created earl of Solway in 1706, was lord justice general from 1763 until his See also:

• DEATH

death in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1778 . In 1720 he married See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, daughter of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde, 4th earl of See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon; this See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, a famous beauty, although very See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric, was the friend of many of the wits and writers of her See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, notably of See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay, See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift and See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole . She died on the 17th of July 1777 . Their two sons predeceased the duke, and when he died his See also:

• BRITISH

British titles, including the dukedom of Dover, became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, but the Scottish titles passed to his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, William, 3rd earl of March (1724-1810) . This William Douglas, who now became the 4th duke of Queensberry, is best known by his soubriquet of " Old Q." On the See also:

• TURF

turf he was one of the most prominent figures of his time, and his escapades and extravagances were notorious . From 1766 to 1776 he was See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of Scotland, and in 176o he was made a lord of the bedchamber by See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George III.; but later he was an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, being removed from his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in the royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household in 1789 . A generous See also:

• PATRON

patron of the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage and of See also:

• ART

art, he was to the end of his See also:

• LIFE

life a " See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble sportsman" of the dissolute type, and his degeneracy was the theme both of See also:

• WORDSWORTH, CHARLES (1806–1892)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1774–1846)
• WORDSWORTH, CHRISTOPHER (1807–1885)
• WORDSWORTH, DOROTHY (1771-1855)
• WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-185o)

Wordsworth and of See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns .

He died unmarried, but not without See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 181o . The dukedom of Queensberry and some of his other titles, together with his See also:

• FINE

fine seat Drumlanrig Castle, now passed to Henry See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, 3rd duke of See also:

• BUCCLEUCH, DUKES OF

Buccleuch, in whose See also:

• FAMILY

family they still remain; but the marquessate of Queensberry descended to Sir Charles Douglas (1777-1837), the representative of another See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Douglas family, who became the 5th marquess . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Sholto Douglas, 8th marquess of Queensberry (1844-1900), son of See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald William, the 7th marquess (1818-1858), became a well-known patron of See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport and particularly of See also:

• PUGILISM (from Lat. pugil, boxer, Gr. 76E, with clenched fist)

pugilism . He helped to found the See also:

• AMATEUR (Lat. amator, lover)

Amateur Athletic See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club in 186o, and the new rules for See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize-fighting, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up in 1867, were called after him the " Queensberry Rules." He married the daughter of See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• MONTGOMERY
• MONTGOMERY ( Tre' Faldwyn)
• MONTGOMERY, GABRIEL, SEIGNEUR DE LORGES, COMTE DE (c. 1530-1574)
• MONTGOMERY, JAMES (1771-1854)
• MONTGOMERY, ROBERT (1807-1855)

Montgomery, and was succeeded by his son, See also:

• PERCY (FAMILY)
• PERCY, SIR HENRY
• PERCY, THOMAS (1729-1811)
• PERCY, THOMAS (c. 156o-16os)

Percy Sholto, 9th marquess (b . 1868) .