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With regard to sport, for what is John Sholto Douglas famous?
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#49112. Asked by philsgirl.
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Mavis Trout
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He was the ninth Marquess of Queensberry, and was also the man responsible for the introduction of boxing's Queensberry Rules.
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robboy
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Douglas, the 8th or 9th (depending on which site you read) Marquess of Queensberry was responsible for drafting the code of rules for competitive boxing that superceded the existing, and whose basic provisions are stil in use to this day.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/Q/QunsbryJ1S1D1.asp
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