John Sholto Douglas (7/20/1844 – 1/31/1900) is born in Florence Italy. The eventual catalyst of Oscar Wilde's downfall, Douglas was born to conservative Scotish nobleman Archibald William Douglas and Caroline Margaret Clayton. Archibald was the 8th Marquess of Queensberry making John the 9th after inheriting the title in 1858. His son Alfred Bruce Douglas would become sexually involved with Oscar Wilde, a relationship that Douglas did not approv of, leading to the libel trial of 1895.