Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles, Baronet (M)

b. 21 August 1810. d. 8 June 1888. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, civil servant, and professor. Pseudonym: “F. H. D.” Alternative signature: “F. H. Doyle.” Educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Elected a Fellow of All Souls in 1835. Called to the bar on 17 November 1837. Succeeded to the baronetcy on 6 November 1839. Married Sydney Wynn on 12 December 1844. Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1867 to 1877. Poetry volumes include *Miscellaneous Verses* (1834), and *The Return of the Guards* (1866). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (KF, JS)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 38
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Lines on the Sale of the Black Arab, The Gift of the Imaum of Muscat 1840-05 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 11469
The Fusiliers’ Dog. (Lately Run Over, After Having Gone Through the Crimean Campaign) 1860-05 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 13947
The Private of the Buffs 1860-12 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14221
The Press-Gang. From the Chinese of Thou-Fou, a Popular Poet of the Eighth Century 1863-07-25 Once a Week Translator 504
Stanzas Written in Dejection. From the Chinese of Li-Tai-Pè 1863-10-03 Once a Week Translator 520
The Horse of the Desert. (From an Arabic Poem, Given in General Daumas’s “Chevaux du Sahara”) 1863-10-17 Once a Week Translator 523
Rizpah, Daughter of Aiah. (Written for Music) 1863-12-05 Once a Week Poet 538
From Heine 1872-05 The Dark Blue Translator 13828
Imitated from the French 1872-05 The Dark Blue Translator 13827
Andalusian Canzonet from the French of Theophile Gautier 1872-05 The Dark Blue Translator 13826
Lines Suggested by the Above 1872-05 The Dark Blue Poet 13829
The Fountain. From the French of Théophile Gautier 1874-12 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12038
Secret Affinities: A Pantheistic Fantasy, From the French of Théophile Gautier 1874-12 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12037
The Hut. From Théophile Gautier 1875-03 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12040
The Quick March of the Fourteenth Regiment 1876-06 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12402
Iphition 1876-10 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12337
The Veterans of the Grand Army meeting Napoleon’s Ashes from St. Helena. (From Théophile Gautier) 1877-08 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12053
Sonnet IV 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9624
Sonnet IX 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9629
Sonnet X 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9630
Sonnet VI 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9626
Sonnet VII 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9627
Sonnet XI 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9631
Sonnet I 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9621
Sonnet VIII 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9628
Sonnet V 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9625
Sonnet XII 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9632
Sonnet III 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9623
Sonnet II 1877-11 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9622
From Heine. I.—Aus Meinen Thränen Spriessen 1878-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14615
In Memoriam. (Major Steuart Smith) 1879-04 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12249
At Sea. 1880 1880-08 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14740
Lines on a White Cyclamen Brought from Jerusalem 1881 Good Words Poet 3899
To an Old Coat. (From Béranger) 1881-01 The Cornhill Magazine Translator 12113
Lines to a Lady who was robbed of her Jewels. Written Several Years Ago 1882-02 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12093
A Prima Donna’s Charity 1887-05 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14822
The Story of Alice Ayres 1887-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14828
Lord Rodney’s Bantam Cock 1888-07 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14834