QUEENSBERRY 



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QUEENS' COLLEGE 



After Kneller 



the 3rd duke of Buccleuch ; they 

 included Drumlanrig Castle, in 

 Dumfriesshire. The marquessate 

 passed to Sir Charles Douglas, who 

 became the 5th marquess, and 

 from him the titles passed to his 

 son and other descendants. The 

 8th marquess was the sportsman 

 who drew up, in 1867, the boxing 

 rules called by his name. In 1920 

 Francis (b. 1896) became the 10th 

 marquess. The peer's eldest son is 

 known as Viscount Drumlanrig. 

 See Boxing ; Douglas. 



Queensberry, JAMES DOUGLAS, 

 2ND DUKE OF (1662-1711). Scot- 

 tish politician. He was born Dec. 

 18, 1662, and 

 became a privy 

 councillor o f 

 Scotland, 1684, 

 but joined the 

 army of the 

 prince of 

 Orange on 

 Nov. 30, 1688. 

 H e succeeded 

 his father 

 as duke of 

 Queensb e r r y, 

 March 28, 

 1695. and in 

 1700 was appointed high commis- 

 sioner of the Scottish parliament. 

 Prominent in bringing about the 

 union pf the parliaments in 1707, 

 Queensberry was rewarded with 

 the Garter. Subsequently a com- 

 missioner to the first parliament of 

 Anne, he acquired the name of the 

 Union Duke, and he closed the last 

 Scottish parliament, Jan. 6, 1707. 

 His reception in England after this 

 event was a " progress of triumph." 

 A pension of 3,000 was granted, 

 and in May, 1708, he was created 

 duke of Dover, marquess of Bever- 

 ley, and Baron Ripon. He was 

 also made a secretary of state, 

 and died July 6, 1711. 



Queensberry, WILLIAM DOUG- 

 LAS, 4xH DUKE OF (1724-1810). 

 Born Dec. 16, 1724, he succeeded 

 his father as 

 earl of March 

 in 1731. Un- 

 successful i n 

 his claim to 

 the peerage 

 of Cassilis 

 ( 1759), he was 

 a representa- 

 tive peer for 

 4th Duke of Scotland from 



Queensberry 1761 to 1784 



and became duke of Queensberry, 

 Oct. 22, 1778. Under the title of 

 Baron Douglas of Amesbury, he was 

 created a peer of Great Britain in 

 1786. In politics he figured only 

 as a supporter of the prince of 

 Wales in opposition to George Ill's 

 ministers, and subsequently be- 

 came contemptuously known to 



III! 



the town as " Old 

 Q," and, living 

 at No. 138 in that 

 thoroughfare, as 

 the " Star of Picca- 

 dilly." McCarthy, 

 writing of the 

 rowdies of that 

 period, distin- 

 guishes Queens- 

 berry as the 

 " worst and basest 

 spirit of the 

 gang." He died I 

 Dec. 23, 1810. 

 See Piccadilly ; 

 consult also Life, 

 J. R. Robinson, 1895. 



Queensbury OR QUEENSHEAD. 

 Urban dist. of Yorkshire (W.R.), 

 England. It is 4 m. from Halifax, 

 with a station on the G.N. Rly. 

 Stone and coal are worked, and 

 there are manufactures of woollens 

 and worsteds. Pop. 6,100. 



Queen's Channel. Indentation 

 on the coast of Northern Territory, 

 Australia. It is in the S.W. corner 

 of Arnhem Land, and receives the 

 Victoria river. 



Queen's Club. London athletic 

 club. Founded in 1886, it is at 

 West Kensington, London, W. Its 

 objects are to provide various 

 games for members. It has a foot- 

 ball ground, running track and 

 courts, open and covered, for tennis, 

 racquets, fives, etc., and there is a 

 club house. 



Queen's College- College ol 

 Oxford University. It was founded 

 in 1340 by Robert de Eglesfield, 

 chaplain to 

 Philippa, queen 

 of Edward III. 

 Its visitor is the 

 archbishop of 

 York, and from 

 its opening it has 

 had a special 

 connexion with 



Queen's College, the north of 

 Oxford, arms England, some 

 scholarships and the Hastings ex- 

 hibitions being confined to a 

 number of schools in Cumberland, 



Queen's College, Oxford. Front quadrangle with en- 

 trance from tbe High Street 



Westmorland, and Yorkshire. Until 

 1854 all scholarships were confined 

 to boys from these counties. Its 

 head is the provost, and Henry V 

 was a student here. The buildings 

 face the High Street. In the classical 

 style, they were erected by Wren 

 and Hawksmoor, and the most in- 

 teresting part is the library. At 

 Queen's every Christmas Day at 

 dinner a boar's head is carried into 

 the hall and an old carol is sung. 

 The college owns much valuable 

 land in Southampton. See Oxford. 

 Queens' College. College of 

 Cambridge University. Founded 

 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, wife of 

 Henry VI, with 

 the assistance of 

 Andrew Docket, 

 rector of S. Bo- 

 tolph's and prin- 

 cipal of S. Ber- 

 nard's hostel, it 

 was described as 

 " The Q u e e n e s 

 Queens' College, collage of sainte 

 Cambridge, arms Margarete and 

 sainte Bernard." Refounded in 

 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville, wife 

 of Edward IV, and provided by 

 statutes of 1475 with a president 

 and 12 fellows, Queens' retains 

 much of its early architectural 

 character. The E. front was re- 

 stored in 1875 and the ball in 1875 

 and 1909. . The existing chapel 

 dates from 1891, its predecessor 

 now serving as a lecture-room and 

 library annexe. 



Famous men 

 associated with 

 the college include 

 John Fisher, 

 bishop of Ro- 

 chester ; John 

 Whitgift ; Thomas 

 Fuller, the anti- 

 quary ; and, pre- 

 eminently, Eras- 

 mus, after whom a 

 tower and court are 

 named, and who 

 was in residence 

 in 1510. In 1920 

 there were 221 

 undergraduates. 



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Queens' College, Cambridge. College buildings 

 from tbe banks of tbe Cam 



