Lord Alfred Douglas (1855–1905), was an author, war correspondent for the "Morning Post" during the First Boer War, and a feminist. In 1890, she published a novel, "Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900", in which women's suffrage is achieved after a woman posing as a man named Hector D'Estrange is elected to the House of Commons. The character D'Estrange is clearly based on Oscar Wilde. In 1891, Douglas's cousin Lionel Johnson introduced him to Oscar Wilde; although the playwright was married with two sons, they soon began an affair. In 1894, the Robert Hichens novel "The Green Carnation" was published. Said to be
George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington, died 10 June 1741 at Covent Garden, London, was the son and heir of James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington by his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston. George, Lord Mordington, is described by several authorities as a political writer. He obtained a prominent mention in Walpole's "Royal and Noble Authors" (Parks edition, vol.v, p. 147) as the author of a work called "The Great Blessing of a Monarchical Government" - "when fenced about with and bounded by the laws, and these laws secured and observed by