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Spouse. Olive Custance. . . ( m. 1902; died 1944) . Parents. The 9th Marquess of Queensberry. Sibyl Montgomery. Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas (22 October 1870 – 20 March 1945), also known as Bosie Douglas, was an English poet and journalist, and a lover of Oscar Wilde.
Oct 28, 2015 · Bosie’s unpleasantness didn’t end upon the death of his unfortunate lover Oscar Wilde…. Born on 22 October 1870 was that singularly nasty piece of work, Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde’s ‘Bosie’. His appalling treatment of Wilde, both during and after their relationship, is notorious, and Wilde’s tolerance of it must be put down ...
Aug 8, 2019 · Bosie had finally abandoned Wilde, probably for fear of being disowned by the family. In 1902, Douglas married Olive Eleanor Custance, heiress and poet. They had a son, Raymond, who suffered from a severe form of schizophrenia and died in a nursing home in 1964.
Jan 1, 2001 · Douglas Murray believes Bosie ‘went straight’ after he converted to Catholicism and married Olive, a fellow poet. But he never could not let go of the past. He wrote several books about his relationship with Wilde and got involved in a long series of libel cases, many centred on Robert Ross, Oscar’s ‘ex’ from way back who deserves ...
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Apr 30, 2021 · Bosie and Wilde quickly became lovers, and Bosie introduced Wilde to a world of gay prostitutes and nonstop parties. Bosie's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, was a deeply conservative and extremely angry man who came to blame and despise Wilde for the rumors swirling about his son.
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Bosie Douglas and Oscar Wilde Matthew Sturgis' biography of Wilde paints a very dark picture of Bosie Douglas as a toxic man who thought of not much else than his own pleasure. Having met Wilde some time in 1891, when he was 20 and the Irish writer was 36, they began a sexual relationship in 1892 which quickly progressed from having sex with ...
Jul 18, 2000 · After Douglas left Wilde, he renounced homosexuality, converted to Roman Catholicism and married Olive Custance. The marriage failed. ''Bosie and Olive got on each other's nerves,'' Mr. Murray...
