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Douglas, Lord Alfred Bruce 1870-1945
English poet
The son of the 8th Marquis of Queensberry, he wrote a number of impressive sonnets, collected in In Excelsis (1924), Sonnets (1935) and Lyrics (1935). He is remembered for his association with Oscar Wilde, to which his father objected, thereby provoking Wilde to bring the illadvised libel action which led to his own arrest and imprisonment. He wrote two books on Oscar Wilde, and The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas (1929).
Bibliography: R C Cooke, Bosie: the story of Lord Alfred Douglas (1963)
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