Douglas Straight
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Sir Douglas Straight (October 22, 1844-June 4, 1914) was an English lawyer and journalist.
He was born in London and was educated at Harrow School. Up to 1865 he engaged in journalism, but was then called to the bar and soon worked up an extensive practice, especially at the Central Criminal Court, London.
He sat in the House of Commons as Conservative Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury from 1870 to 1874, and from 1879 to 1892 he was a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad. He was knighted on retirement, and four years later he returned to journalism as joint editor of the Pall Mall Magazine (1893-1896)[1] and then editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (from 1896).
He retired in 1909, and died in London.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
| Preceded by Henry Cust |
Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette 1896 - 1909 |
Succeeded by Frederick Higginbottom |
