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John Sholto Douglas, 9º Marchese di Queensberry GCVO (Firenze, 20 luglio 1844 – Londra, 31 gennaio 1900), è stato un nobiluomo scozzese, ricordato per aver dato nome e patrocinio alle "Regole del Marchese di Queensberry" che hanno costituito la base del moderno pugilato, per il suo schietto ateismo,
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 – 31 January 1900), was a British nobleman, 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.
Gli succedette il cugino William, 3° conte di March (1724-1810), detto il vecchio Q.; alla sua morte il titolo ducale passò ai duchi di Buccleuch e quello di marchese a John Sholto Douglas, 8° marchese (1844-1900), appassionato di pugilato, di cui stese le regole, note con il nome di Q. rules (1867).
JOHN SHOLTO DOUGLAS IX MARCHESE DI QUEENSBERRY: definitions, meanings, uses, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives, analogies in sensagent dictionaries (Italian)
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 ...
OW, at the top of his fame as a playwright, brought libel charges against the Marquess of Queensberry (father of his lover Lord Alfred Douglas), who had sent him an insulting card, reading...
Sholto Johnstone Douglas. Robert Sholto Johnstone Douglas (3 December 1871 – 10 March 1958), known as Sholto Douglas, or more formally as Sholto Johnstone Douglas, was a Scottish figurative artist, a painter chiefly of portraits and landscapes . In 1895, he stood surety for the bail of Oscar Wilde .
