Lord Alfred Douglas Douglas's feelings towards Wilde began to soften. He wrote in "Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up" that "Sometimes a sin is also a crime (for example, a murder or theft), but this is not the case with homosexuality, any more than with adultery". Throughout the 1930s and until his death Douglas maintained correspondence with many people, including Marie Stopes and George Bernard Shaw. Anthony Wynn wrote the play "Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship" based on the letters between Shaw and Douglas. One of Douglas's final public appearances was his well-received lecture to the Royal Society of Literature on 2
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