Francis Douglas

Francis Douglas may refer to:

  • Francis Douglas (priest) (1910-1943), Missionary in Philippines
  • Francis Douglas, 8th Earl of Wemyss (1772–1853)
  • Lord Francis Douglas (1847–1865), son of Archibald Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry who was killed in the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn
  • Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (1867–1894)
  • Francis Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Barloch (1889–1980), MP from Battersea North and Governor-General of Malta
  • Francis Douglas Memorial College, a high school in New Plymouth, New Zealand

Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or douglas:

    “Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.”
    —St. Francis Of Assisi (c. 1182–1226)

    “If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.”
    —Kirk Douglas (b. 1916)