Talk:Lord Francis Douglas

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Did you know... that Lord Francis Douglas fell 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to his death shortly after sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn (pictured)?

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Triumph and death on the matterhorn? One more assault? It sounds very exciting but is that the right sort of language for wikipedia? 86.10.81.54 (talk) 20:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I had to scour the article because I thought there was some sort of battle occurring at the summit 192.82.103.146 (talk) 15:48, 1 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the name of his elder brother. Francis and John were both simply styled "The Honourable" until 1856, as sons of a courtesy viscount. Only when their father acceded to the marquessate in 1856 did Francis become entitled to the style of "Lord"; John, as the eldest son, assumed the courtesy title of "Viscount Drumlanrig," and was never properly known as "Lord John Sholto Douglas". Choess (talk) 02:53, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, of course. Well corrected! Xn4 21:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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