Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 187020 March 1945), nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet, translator, and political commentator, better known as the friend and lover of Oscar Wilde. Much of his early poetry was Uranian in theme, though he tended, later in life, to distance himself from both Wilde's influence and his own role as a Uranian poet. Politically he would describe himself as "a strong Conservative of the 'Diehard' variety". Douglas was born at Ham Hill House in Powick, Worcestershire, the third son of The Most Hon. The 9th Marquess of Queensberry and his
Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton October 1851. Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton (10 October 1777 – 25 December 1841) was a Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament. He was born as the Honourable Douglas Gordon, only child of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne by his second wife Mary, daughter of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton and Agatha, heiress of James Halyburton of Pitcur. In 1784, following the death of his first cousin Hamilton Douglas Halyburton, he succeeded to the estate of Pitcur, near Kettins in Forfarshire, and adopted the name and arms of Hallyburton of Pitcur. On 28 March 1795 he joined