New-York tribune., 1905-11-08

Lady Florence Caroline Douglas Dixie poet, nov
elist explorer and champion of womans rights, was
born in London May "a 1851 She was the daush-
ter of the seventh Marquis Of Queensberry, a well
known amateur boxer, whose name is given to the
rules governing the prize ring. Her mother was
daughter Of General Sir William Robert Clayton
Her father shot himself accidentally the year aIter
she was born His widow subsequently became
convert to Roman Catholicism, and was active III
the interests of the Irish Nationalfsts florehce
Douglas married in 1915 to Sir Alexander Beau
mont Churchill Dixie, Bart. They travelled eX-
tensively. exploring the unknown wastes OF Pata-
gonia in 1S7s-'79 the fruits of which appeared in
volume of travels by Lady Dixie, published IN IeSo'
under the title ACROSS Patagonia In 1881 81 she
was in South Africa where she was the correspond
ent of THE Morning Post" Of London whlie 'he
Boer War of that period was in progress 1t was
largely by means of her influence that the captive
Zulu King Cetewayo. was set free and allowed 10
return to Zululand. where he died in a snort lio'
Lady Dixie wrote two books on South Africa en-
titled "Defence of ZuluIand" and "In the Land OF
Misfortune"
After returning to England Lady Dixie BECAME
involved in the embodiment over the irish Il Lahe h
smh15rbs Of london by two men dressed IN women s
clothes: but she protected by her Dig uos ai ~
attack was due to Fenlans owing to Lady Dixie ss
imputations against the rnanageIdieo gd ~ March II
isss. bsas0e hunoS' Inc A''A'A s... :, o,,t
door spoTts. and counted horses and dogs her best
friends She was horsewonan. and advocated the
cross saddle for women, being herself an expert
bareback rider. She good shot ana swimmer
hut gave up the gun to denounce snoot1ns as d
@The Horrors of Sport" THE Mercilessness OF
snort "Rambles in He'll The Vision of Ira
''The Story of Loveland" and THE Message oh
IZra." -, ..r,1o-sa,.r.
she was also the author of a novel GIor1ana
of a volume of poems entitled The Songs OF d
Child and other Poems written IN cnllonoou @
npder the pseudonyme Of Daring; The New
Woman +" published in 1896; "Aniwee the Warrior
Queen" Little Cherie; or the Kramer DdueL- L
ter" s'Izra: or, Snapshots from Life afq Inc Inc
dramas "ElIabelle: or, the Redeemed ana lsoia'
or the Dfsinherited.' oo.,
The family of Lady Dixie was noted TOR eccen-
tricity Her brother, the eighth Marquis OF queens.
him his seat in Parliament as a Scotch peer IN
1880 He created scene in a London theatre py
rising and denouncing the sentiments expressed pH
a freethinker in Tennysons Promise OF May:
Her brother Lord Francis Douglas. was killed In
+he descent OF the Matterhorn in 1865, which was
brother Lord James Sholto Douglas. A fourth
brother Lord Archibald Douglas, was reconclled 10
the Church of Rome and became sort OF lay
brother Lady Florence's sister, Lady Gertrude
Dougles who professed the same faith and Who1n
er brother Archibald had ntruSted with the direc-
don suddenly married the head baker, one of her
brothers penniless proteges of barely half her
Tady Florence Dixie thus described few
-ears ago: Lady Florence is a level headed
woman who prefers short hair to court frivolties
a wonderful horsewoman good sailor, an en-
thusfastic traveller and caustic. trenchant
Her husband and son. George Douglas Dixie. sur
her