Sholto Johnstone Douglas of the writer Oscar Wilde. When Wilde sued Bosie's father for libel when accused of "posing as a somdomite" ("sic"), this led to Wilde's downfall and imprisonment. In 1895, when during his trial Wilde was released on bail, Sholto Johnstone Douglas stood surety for £500 of the bail money. In his "Noel Coward: A Biography" (1996), Philip Hoare writes of "...late nineteenth-century enthusiasts of boy-love; writers, artists and Catholic converts inclined to intellectual paedophilia, among them Wilde, Frederick Rolfe, Sholto Douglas and Lord Alfred Douglas." As a portrait painter, Douglas belonged to the period of John Singer Sargent and "...led
Alfred Douglas (footballer) making 109 appearances and scoring 21 goals in a four-season spell. Douglas' performances won him the attention of Division Two side Reading and he moved to Elm Park in an exchange deal for Bill Lane in 1929. He made only a handful of appearances for the Royals and saw his career out with spells at Bristol Rovers and Guildford City. Alfred Douglas (footballer) Edward Alfred C. Douglas, sometimes known as Eddie Douglas, was an English professional football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford, making over 100 appearances for the club. Douglas began his career with Northern