Lucien Douglas Starke Jr. (October 26, 1868 – July 31, 1931) was an American newspaper publisher and attorney.

[7][8] Starke was a staff member of Governor James Hoge Tyler from 1898 to 1902, receiving the rank of colonel.

[9][10][2] In August 1901, he joined the governor's party to attend Virginia Day at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

[10][2][3] After practicing for law thirty years, Starke left the field in 1921 and became the publisher of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot newspaper.

[15] Under his leadership, what had once been a small daily newspaper emerged as a metropolitan journal, with subscribers increasing from 16,000 to more than 48,000.

White; they were paid $21,950 in 1931 for the loss of these rights when the United States Naval Station opened in Hampton Roads.

[16] He was also a director of the Virginia National Bank of Norfolk and the Seaboard Fire Insurance Company in Portsmouth.

[12][20] They lived on a farm in Princess Anne County, some eight miles from Norfolk and close to Virginia Beach.

[2] Starke died three weeks later on July 31, 1931, in the Sarah Leigh Hospital of Norfolk at the age of 63.