Alfred Bruce Douglas (1870 - 1945)

Born 22 Oct 1870 in Ham Hill House, Powick, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Olive Eleanor (Custance) Douglas — married 4 Mar 1902 in England

Died 20 Mar 1945 at age 74 in Lancing, Sussex, England

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Biography

Lord Alfred Douglas son of John Sholto Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry and his wife, Sibyl Montgomery, was born at Ham Hill House, Powick in Worcestershire on 22 October 1870. He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford. ^[1]

In June 1891 he was introduced to poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and they soon embarked upon an affair. ^[2]

He married in 1902. ^[3] His wife was Olive Eleanor Custance. ^[4]

Lord Alfred died on 20 March 1945 aged 74 leaving an estate valued at £1516 having appointed farmer, Edward William Colman as his executor. ^[5] His death was registered in Worthing. ^[6] He was buried with his mother at the Friary Churchyard of St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley in Sussex. ^[7]

"OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF SIBYL QUEENSBERRY WIDOW OF THE 8TH MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY DIED 31st OCTOBER 1935 ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS HAVE MERCY R . I . P

ALSO HER SON ALFRED BRUCE DOUGLAS BORN 22nd OCTOBER 1870 DIED 20th MARCH 1945

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE" ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Oxford men and their Colleges (Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas born at Ham Hill House, Worcestershire 22 October 1870. 3rd son of John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry. Magdalen, matric 14 October 1889 aged 18 from Winchester)
2. ↑ G. A. Cevasco, ‘Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (1870–1945)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2014 accessed 26 July 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
3. ↑ England and Wales marriage index (Registered St George Hanover Sq. 1902 1st qu Alfred Bruce Douglas)
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Custance
5. ↑ National Probate Calendar (24 September 1945 Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas of Old Monks Farm, Lancing, died 20 March 1945. Estate valued at £1516. Probate granted to Edward William Colman, farmer)
6. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Worthing March 1945 Alfred B Douglas aged 74)
7. ↑ Findagrave Find A Grave: Memorial #4088
8. ↑ Monumental Inscriptions, St Francis and St Anthony, Crawley

• Wikipedia [1]
• Census of England 1871, 1881, 1901, 1911
• G. A. Cevasco, ‘Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce (1870–1945)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2014 accessed 26 July 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.

• Johnston, George Harvey. "The Douglases of Drumlanrig, Queensberry and Kelhead." The Heraldry of the Douglases: With Notes on All the Males of the Family, Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, Limited, 1907.24. Print.

• Thepeerage.com Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas Cites: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.