Doyle, Francis Hastings Charles, Baronet (M)

Surname: Doyle
Forename(s): Francis Hastings Charles
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