Queer Places:
Windsor Castle, 3 The Cloisters, Windsor SL4 1NJ
Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, Kensington, London W8 4PX, UK
St Munn’s Parish Church, Kilmun, Dunoon PA23 8SD
John
George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, (6 August
1845 – 2 May 1914), usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess
(Marquis) of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British
nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He
is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography
in honour of his wife and for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, "Unto the
hills around do I lift up". He was the first President of "The Rangers
Football Club", thanks to his Argyllshire ties to the original founders of the
football club.
Lord Lorne married Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, on 21
March 1871. This was the first time a legitimate daughter of the sovereign had
married a subject of the Crown since 1515, when Charles Brandon, the first
Duke of Suffolk, married Mary Tudor.
The pair shared a common love of the arts, but the marriage was childless and
unhappy, and they spent much time apart. Lorne formed close friendships with
men, including
Lord Ronald
Gower,
Morton Fullerton and the
Count de Mauny, who were known to be homosexual or bisexual, which fuelled
rumours in London society that he shared their predisposition. No conclusive
evidence has been found.[7][2]
Princess Louise returned to England in 1881 and Lord Lorne followed two
years later in 1883, when his book, Memories of Canada and Scotland,
was published.[13]
In 1907, strenuous efforts were taken by officials to ensure that Lorne's
name was not dragged into the investigation of the theft of the Irish Crown
Jewels. This was due to the fact that his closest friend was Lord Ronald
Gower, who while innocent, was associated with several of the homosexual
circle who were involved in it.[14][15]
Lorne was Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle from 1892 to 1914 and he
sat as MP for Manchester South from 1895 until the death of his father on 24
April 1900, when he succeeded as 9th and 2nd Duke of Argyll. He and Princess
Louise lived at Kensington Palace until his death from pneumonia in 1914. He
is buried at Kilmun Parish Church.
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell,_9th_Duke_of_Argyll
- Homosexuals in History, A Study of Ambivalence in Society, Literature
and the Arts, by A.L. Rowse, 1977