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	John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was a famous patron of sport and a noted boxing enthusiast; he was one of the founders of the Amateur Athletic Club in 1860.
		In March 1895 Lord Queensberry was sued for defamatory libel by Oscar Wilde, whom he had intimated was a "somdomite" (sic): Queensberry made the accusation because he was angered over Wilde's relationship with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas.
		Soon after the trial opened, the libel case was withdrawn, but Wilde was later convicted of gross indecency under the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1895.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Sholto_Douglas,_9th_Marquess_of_Queensberry (229 words)

	Lord Alfred Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When his father, the Marquess of Queensberry, discovered his son's liaison, he publicly insulted Wilde with a misspelled note left at Wilde's club.
		The note, actually his calling card, had written upon it: "To Oscar Wilde posing as a somdomite."
		The confrontation escalated, and some believe Lord Alfred egged Wilde on to fight his father.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Alfred_Douglas (501 words)

	Somdomite - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Somdomite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The notorious malapropism of somdomite ("sodomite") has echoed for over a hundred years, since John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensbury, the furious father of Oscar Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left his card for Wilde at the Albemarle Club, inscribed "For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite."
		But "somdomite" has rung in literate gay circles for over a hundred years, as the very essence of gauche heterosexual boorishness, even in a marquess.
		The mockery has a bitter ring to it however.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Somdomite.html (260 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Here for the first time is the true, uncensored record, free of the distortions and censorship of previous accounts.
		On 18 February 1895, Bosie's father delivered a note to the Albemarle Club addressed to "Oscar Wilde posing as a somdomite [sic]." With Bosie's encouragement, Wilde decided to sue the Marquess for libel.
		As soon as the trial opened, London's literary darling was at the center of the greatest scandal of his time.
	www.adlbooks.com /left.cfm?isbn=0007156642 (309 words)

	Now Showing: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
		Gross Indecency uses trial transcripts, personal correspondence, interviews and other source materials to tell the story of the downfall of the great man of letters whose artistic genius has long been overshadowed by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment.
		In early 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde’s young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left a card at Wilde’s club bearing the phrase “posing somdomite.” Wilde sued the Marquess for criminal libel.
		The defense denounced Wilde’s art and literature as immoral, leading the prosecuting attorney to declare, “It would appear that what is on trial is not Lord Queensberry but Mr.
	www.theatregroup.org /playbill/gross_indecency (297 words)

	Lex Scripta
		Four days later, on 18 February 1895, Queensberry called at the Albermarle Club, of which both Wilde and his wife were members.
		He left with the hall porter a card on which he had written "to Oscar Wilde posing as a sodomite" - although, in fact, the last word was mis-spelt as "somdomite".
		Partly because of the mis-spelling, Queensberry's conduct has been widely portrayed, in books and movies of Wilde's life, as the frenzied actions of a man whose fury and malevolence had him teetering on the brink of raving lunacy.
	www.lexscripta.com /articles/wilde3.html (478 words)

	Somdomite Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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	WHO OWNS OSCAR WILDE? by Don Shewey
		In a saga worthy of Greek mythology, the celebrated author, a married father of two, fell madly in love with young Lord Alfred Douglas, whom he called Bosie.
		When his paramour’s belligerent father publicly called him a “posing somdomite,” Wilde sued for libel.
		The suit backfired and left him convicted, imprisoned, broke, and branded with the fate of being the first famous homosexual in history, which wasn’t half as much fun as it sounds.
	www.donshewey.com /theater_articles/oscar_wilde.htm (1732 words)

	Oscar Wilde's trial
		Instead he decided to leave a calling card on the notice board at Wilde’s gentleman’s club.
		It read, “ To Oscar Wilde, posing somdomite.” Even though he had spelled the word incorrectly, the Marquess note had the desired effect.
		Wilde knew that the Marquess was just getting warmed up, so he, at the urging of his lover, Lord Douglas, swore out a warrant for the arrest of the Marquess of Queensbury on the charge of libel.
	gaga.essortment.com /oscarwildeplay_rghw.htm (587 words)

	The Search for Love in Manhattan
		The Marquess left a calling card for Wilde on February 18, 1895, on which he called Wilde a "posing Sodomite" (or perhaps accused him of "posing as a Sodomite"—the handwriting is unclear).
		If somebody called me a Somdomite I would sue him for libel too.
		Actually, I would sue him for double libel, because I am not a Somdomite; I am a camtamite.
	searchforlove.blogspot.com /2003_05_01_searchforlove_archive.html (4139 words)

	Irish Examiner - 2001/05/07: Explicit libel trial witness statements expose seedy details of Oscar Wilde's sex life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The seedy details of his bedroom arrangements are revealed in a previously unpublished file of witness statements which were instrumental in bringing about Dublin-born Wilde's downfall and which formed the basis for one of the most famous cases in British legal history.
		They were gathered by Day Russell of the Strand, solicitors for the defence in Wilde's disastrous prosecution of the Marquis of Queensberry for criminal libel, instigated after he left a visiting card at the Albermarleclub famously inscribed with the words: "For Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite [sic] "
		The 52 pages of statements from 32 witnesses, many of which were never used in the trial and have never been available to the outside world, are meticulously hand-written.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2001/05/07/story2289.asp (516 words)

	Wilde: Biography of the noted wit imprisoned for Homosexuality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Bosie's father, the violent, eccentric, cantankerous Marquess of Queensberry, became aware that Bosie, whose "unmanly" and careless behaviour he despised, was cavorting around London with its greatest playwright, Oscar Wilde.
		In 1895, days after the triumphant first night of "The Importance Of Being Earnest", Queensberry stormed into Wilde's club, The Albemarle, and finding him absent left a card with the porter, addressed "To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite" (...misspelling the insult).
		Bosie, who hated his father, persuaded Oscar to sue the Marquess for libel.
	www.oscarwilde.com /story.html (538 words)

	Homage to Oscar Wilde -
		Also, it was through Douglas's carelessness that Wilde was flmailed and that Queensberry's detectives eventually obtained letters which Wilde had written to his son.
		In 1895 the Marquis left a card at the Albermarle, Wilde's club, with the following written on it: "To Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite".
		Sa deireadh, i 1895, d'fhág an Marcais cárta ag club Wilde, an Albermarle, agus an méid seo scríofa air: "To Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite".
	members.fortunecity.com /seanfile/homageto.htm (1898 words)

	Playbill News: Full Transcripts of Oscar Wilde's Trial Published
		Playwright Wilde, author of Lady Windemere's Fan, The Importance Of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance and Salome, saw his life and art come undone in 1895 when he lost a legal battle with the Marquess of Queensberry, the ornery and vengeful father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas.
		Responding to a calling card that the Marquess left reading "Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite [sic]," Wilde took the disastrous action of suing the man for defamation of character.
		As evidence of his then illegal (under British law) sexual relationships with young men came out during the trial, Wilde's star quickly descended.
	web.playbill.com /news/article/83326.html (488 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Wilde, Oscar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Marquess of Queensberry, inflamed by Wilde's conduct with his son and particularly outraged by the trip Wilde and Bosie had taken to Algiers between the opening of An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, left his accusatory card for Wilde at the Albemarle Club four days after Importance opened.
		The message read “To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite”.
		Against overwhelming evidence, against common sense, and for reasons which remain inscrutable, Wilde charged the Marquess of Queensberry with criminal libel.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4718 (2723 words)

	GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE
		Douglas and his father were not on good terms to begin with and an already unstable relationship soon turned venomous.
		Wilde became inextricably involved in February 1895, when the Marquess accused Wilde of Òposing as a somdomite (sic).Ó With BosieÕs encouragement, Wilde took legal action.
		The Marquess was charged with criminal libel and arrested.
	www.courttheatre.org /home/plays/9899/gross/PNgross.shtml (11286 words)

	WritersDigest.com
		English playwright Oscar Wilde was arrested in London on a morals charge on this day in 1895.
		The Marquis of Queensberry, father of one of Wilde’s friends, sent a note to Wilde that charged him with being a “somdomite” [sic].
		Wilde sued for libel, lost, was arrested, and sent to Reading Gaol.
	writersdigest.com /calendar_display.asp?id=139&...+Subhome+Page (81 words)

	Oscar Wilde's 1895 Martyrdom
		His first plan had been to disrupt the premiere of Earnest, but Wilde having gotten wind of this, the Marquess was denied entrance.
		So a few days later, on February 18, he left a calling card at Wilde's club, with the note: "To Oscar Wilde posing Somdomite" [sic].
		Perhaps if Wilde had ignored this, it might have resolved itself without any great tragedy...
	www.robotwisdom.com /jorn/wilde.html (1095 words)

	Queensberry on the subject of Oscar Wilde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A card reading as follows was left with the hall porter at the Albermarle Club in London on February 18.
		"For Oscar Wilde, posing as a somdomite [sic]."
		Note to Wilde at close of libel trial
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/queensberryonwilde.html (292 words)

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