Douglas, not his father's heir until his elder brother's death, had a troubled relationship with his atheist father, who disowned him for marrying a clergyman's daughter in 1893 before going to Australia, but affected a reconciliation when he returned.
Douglas, not his father's heir until his elder brother's death, had a troubled relationship with his father, who once called him "that so-called skunk of a son of mine". The atheist ninth Marquess disowned him for marrying a clergyman's daughter in 1893 before going to Australia, but affected a reconciliation when he returned.