Douglas Straight

In The Sketch, 17 April 1895

Sir Douglas Straight (22 October 1844 – 4 June 1914) was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament, judge and journalist.[1]

Life

Straight was born in London and was educated at Harrow School.[1] Until 1865 he engaged in journalism, but then became a lawyer and soon developed an extensive practice, especially at the Central Criminal Court, London.[1]

"the new Judge"
As depicted by "Spy" (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, May 1879

From 1870-74, Straight was a member of the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury.[1] In 1879, he was made a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in India.[1] To mark this appointment, Vanity Fair caricatured him: The Hon Mr Justice Straight, the new Judge. After thirteen years of judicial service abroad he was knighted soon after his return from India in 1892.[2]

In 1876, Straight was admitted by redemption to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London. He served two terms of office as Master in 1900–1902 and 1910–12.[citation needed]

Four years later, Straight resumed work as a journalist, serving as joint editor of the Pall Mall Magazine (1893–1896) and then editor of the Pall Mall Gazette[1] (from 1896). He was a well known society personage during this time and as an editor he corresponded with many of the literary names of the day. Straight retired "from everything except the task of trying to enjoy himself" in 1909,[3] and died in London five years later, aged 69.[1]

Works

In 1867, Straight wrote a pseudonymous memoir of his time at Harrow entitled Harrow Recollections. By an Old Harrovian, signing the preface with the name Sidney Daryl. This was a pseudonym he went on to use for a number of publications.[4] He wrote plays and stories and about topics that interested him. In 1868, for instance, he compiled Routledge's Handbook of Quoits and Bowls.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Straight, Sir Douglas" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 579.
  2. ^ Punch, 27 August 1892.
  3. ^ "Straight to Retire", The New York Times, 11 October 1908.
  4. ^ a b Halkett, Samuel & Laing, John, A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain etc., 1883
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
1870–1874
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