Lord Alfred Douglas illustrator Aubrey Beardsley when they themselves objected to Douglas's work. Beardsley complained to Robbie Ross: "For one week the numbers of telegraph and messenger boys who came to the door was simply scandalous". Wilde redid much of the translation himself, but, in a gesture of reconciliation, suggested that Douglas be dedicated as the translator rather than credited, along with him, on the title-page. Accepting this, Douglas, somewhat vainly, likened a dedication to sharing the title-page as "the difference between a tribute of admiration from an artist and a receipt from a tradesman." In 1894, Douglas came and visited Oscar Wilde
Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill Baron Calthorpe and Lady Charlotte Sophia Somerset, on 5 February 1857. Together they had four children. Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill DL (24 April 1824 – 21 September 1893) was a British Conservative politician. Spencer-Churchill was the son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Jane Stewart, daughter of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway. He served as an officer in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry, eventually becoming a lieutenant-colonel. He served as the Member of Parliament for Woodstock between 1845 and 1847, and again from 1857 to 1865. He also served as a Justice of the Peace and