David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Home
KT CVO CBE
Lord Home.jpg
Lord Home
Born (1943-11-20) 20 November 1943 (age 80)
Westminster, London
United Kingdom
Nationality British
Spouse(s) Jane née Williams-Wynne

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, KT, CVO, CBE, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician.

Background and education

Eton College

Home is the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home and British Prime Minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Home succeeded to his father's disclaimed earldom on his death in October 1995. When the hereditary peers of the House of Lords were reduced under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected as one of the 92 that were allowed to remain. He sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench.

Apart from his political career Lord Home was, until 2013, Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. and remains Chairman of the Grosvenor Group. He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas.

Home coat of arms

Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle (KT) in the 2014 New Year Honours.[1]

Family

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (born 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children:[2]

  1. The Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (born 1980), married the Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979), son and heir of the 9th Viscount Lifford, on 5 April 2008
  2. The Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (born 1982)
  3. Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (born 1987), heir apparent to the titles.

Titles and styles

  • The Hon. David Douglas-Home (1943–1951)
  • Lord Dunglass (1951–1990)
  • Lord Dunglass CBE (1991–1995)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home CBE (1995–1997)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home CVO CBE (1997–2013)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE (2014–)

Honours

Ancestry

Family of David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Hon. Lucy Montagu-Scott
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Charles Grey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Maria Grey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Caroline Macan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Alexander Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Lady Beatrix Hamilton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Lady Lillian Lambton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. John Bulteel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Beatrix Bulteel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Euphemia Parsons
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. John Alington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Henry Alington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Charlotte Bellingham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Cyril Alington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Thomas Booth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Jane Booth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Mary Pacey
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Elizabeth Alington
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Lady Sarah Spencer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Hon. Hester Lyttelton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. George Clive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Sybella Clive
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Ann Farquhar
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728. p. 1. 31 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Theroff (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated November 2007.

External links

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Alec Douglas-Home
(disclaimed in 1963)
 Earl of Home
1995—present		 Incumbent
Heir:
Lord Dunglass
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