Alec Douglas-Home
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of
Portrait, c. 1963
Douglas-Home in 1963
As a member of the Eton XI, 1921
The Hirsel, the Douglas-Home family's principal residence
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, was a British banker and hereditary peer. He was a Conservative member of the House of Lords from 1996 until his death in 2022.
Alec Douglas-Home
…of the Douglas-Home properties at Douglas Castle and the Hirsel were invited. There were four children of the marriage: Caroline, Meriel, Diana and David. The latter was Home's heir, who became the 15th Earl of Home in 1995. Douglas-Home died at the Hirsel on 9 October 1995, aged 92, four months after…
Official portrait, 2020
Portrait by Chris McAndrew, 2018