Lionel Johnson the "Green Dragon" on Fleet Street. During his lifetime were published his "The Art of Thomas Hardy" (1894), "Poems" (1895), and "Ireland and Other Poems" (1897). He was one of the Rhymers' Club, and cousin to Olivia Shakespear (who dedicated her novel "The False Laurel" to him). In June 1891 Johnson introduced his cousin Lord Alfred Douglas to his friend Oscar Wilde. He later repudiated Wilde in "The Destroyer of a Soul" (1892), deeply regretting initiating what became the highly scandalous love affair between the two men. Over a century after its writing in 1893, Johnson's poem "Dark Angel" inspired
William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale is that the Lord of Douglas had discovered his godson’s treacherous plan, which he sought to prevent. For this, however, there is no evidence. The last theory is that the Lord of Douglas was furious that Liddesdale had given away the lands that he (the Lord Douglas) had desired, and indeed he did eventually claim them as his own. On 8 October 1354 the English king seized Hermitage Castle, but returned it to Elizabeth, the widow of the Knight, after she swore fealty to him and agreed to allow an English garrison to be kept there. He further promised to