Queensberry information

Look up queensberry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Queensberry may refer to: Duke of Queensberry, a hereditary title in Scotland Duchess of Queensbury...

The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in...

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The...

The title Duke of Queensberry was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 3 February 1684 along with the subsidiary title Marquess of Dumfriesshire for...

inherited the Dukedom of Queensberry, also in the Peerage of Scotland, thus separating that title from the Marquessate of Queensberry. The substantial origin...

issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord...

married Lady Anne Douglas, daughter of William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry and sister of William Douglas, 1st Earl of March (see below). On his...

Queensberry House is a building of 17th-century origin which is now a Category A listed building. It stands on the south side of the Canongate, Edinburgh...

German girl group Queensberry has released three studio albums and six singles. Formed in late 2008 on Popstars – Just 4 Girls, the seventh season of...

first cousin twice removed, Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, as fourth Duke of Queensberry. The duke died childless in 1810, however, and his titles...

in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport...

starting a close but stormy relationship. Douglas's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, abhorred it and set out to humiliate Wilde, publicly accusing him of...

Douglas, 1st Earl of Queensberry (died 1640) James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Queensberry (died 1671) William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry (1637–1695) James...

Queensberry Bay is a town in Great Kei Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. "Main Place Queensberry Bay". Census 2011. v t...