Douglas Straight

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

[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] To mark this appointment, Vanity Fair caricatured him: The Hon Mr Justice Straight, the new Judge.

[2] In 1876, Straight was admitted by redemption to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Bowyers of the City of London.

Straight retired "from everything except the task of trying to enjoy himself" in 1909,[3] and died in London five years later, aged 69.