Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry
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Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry (13 October 1868 – 1 August 1920) was a Scottish aristocrat.
Percy Sholto Douglas 10th Marquess of Queensberry | |
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| Born | 13 October 1868 Cummertrees, Scotland |
| Died | 1 August 1920 (aged 51) |
| Occupation | Reporter |
| Spouse(s) |
Anna Maria Walters
(m. 1893; died 1917)Mary Louise Bickel (m. 1918) |
| Children | 3;
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| Relatives | Lord Alfred Douglas (brother) Francis Archibald Douglas (brother) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1889–1891 |
| Rank | 2nd lieutenant |
| Unit | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Born in Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland, he was the second son of the 9th Marquess of Queensberry and brother of Lord Alfred Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde. From the death of his elder brother Francis in 1894 until his father's death in 1900, he was styled Viscount Drumlanrig.
In his youth Douglas served in the Royal Navy as a midshipman, then in the British Army as 2nd lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers from 1889 to 1891.[1]
He went to Kalgoorlie, Australia, as a gold prospector during the gold rush beginning in 1893, and later managed a road house in Canada. He returned to London, where he engaged in some failed financial undertakings. In 1911 he went to the United States where he worked as a reporter on New York City and Chicago newspapers.[2]