Douglas Straight

Sir Douglas Straight (22 October 1844 – 4 June 1914) was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament, judge and journalist.

Life Straight was born in London and was educated at Harrow School.

In 1876, Straight was admitted by redemption to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London. He served two terms of office as Master in 1900–1902 and 1910–12.

Four years later, Straight resumed work as a journalist, serving as joint editor of the Pall Mall Magazine (1893–1896) and then editor of the Pall Mall Gazette and died in London five years later, aged 69. He wrote plays and stories and about topics that interested him. In 1868, for instance, he compiled Routledge's Handbook of Quoits and Bowls.