Francis Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry

Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas, 11th Marquess of Queensberry (17 January 1896 – 27 April 1954), styled The Honourable Francis Douglas until 1900 and Viscount Drumlanrig between 1900 and 1920 was a Scottish soldier, stockbroker and author.

Biography

Douglas was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, the eldest son of Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry and his first wife, Anna Maria Walters (1866–1917).

In 1927, he resigned his commission from the Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Just prior to his birth, his grandfather, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, had been the defendant in the notorious libel action brought by Oscar Wilde, ultimately leading to Wilde's imprisonment.

Family

Lord Queensberry was married three times. He married his first wife, Irene Clarice Richards (1899–1977), a musical comedy actress and the only daughter of Henry Williams Richards, (divorced 1950), and secondly in 1950 (divorced 1960) Hermann Hornak. The couple had two children: Lady Jane Katherine, born 18 December 1926, married 1949 (divorced 1958) David Arthur Cory-Wright, with a requiem mass held 13 May at Farm Street Church in London.

His eldest son David, Viscount Drumlanrig, succeeded him as Marquess. The dowager Marchioness died in 1992.