Comments on: Sister Caroline and Brother James http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/ Blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/#comment-47 Bean an Phoist Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:48:21 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1104#comment-47 Right, Felix, colour me mortified! Error in earlier reply, sorry... Caroline was the <strong>mother</strong> of John 9th Marquess who was Wilde’s nemesis, and <strong>grandmother</strong> of Alfred Douglas who was John’s son and Oscar Wilde’s lover. Right, Felix, colour me mortified! Error in earlier reply, sorry…

Caroline was the mother of John 9th Marquess who was Wilde’s nemesis, and grandmother of Alfred Douglas who was John’s son and Oscar Wilde’s lover.

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/#comment-46 Bean an Phoist Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:33:58 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1104#comment-46 Felix, apologies for slow reply! Still unravelling all of the Alfred Douglases... but apparently Caroline was <strong>grandmother</strong> of Oscar Wilde's nemesis. Felix, apologies for slow reply! Still unravelling all of the Alfred Douglases… but apparently Caroline was grandmother of Oscar Wilde’s nemesis.

]]> By: Felix Larkin http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/#comment-43 Felix Larkin Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:51:05 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1104#comment-43 Very interesting piece. Was Caroline the mother of Lord Alfred Douglas and wife of the Marquess of Queensberry who was Oscar Wilde's nemesis? Very interesting piece. Was Caroline the mother of Lord Alfred Douglas and wife of the Marquess of Queensberry who was Oscar Wilde’s nemesis?

]]> By: Bean an Phoist http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/#comment-42 Bean an Phoist Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:37:43 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1104#comment-42 Great to hear! And you're very welcome... Great to hear! And you’re very welcome…

]]> By: Felicity Hayes-McCoy http://www.nli.ie/blog/index.php/2011/08/09/sister-caroline-and-brother-james/#comment-41 Felicity Hayes-McCoy Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:53:53 +0000 http://www.nli.ie/blog/?p=1104#comment-41 This is fascinating. Loved reading it. Many thanks. This is fascinating. Loved reading it. Many thanks.

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