Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home,Baron Home of the Hirsel,,styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being the 14th Earl of Home from 1951 until 1963,was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. He is notable for being the last Prime Minister to hold office while being a member of the House of Lords,before renouncing his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation,however,rests more on his two stints as Foreign Secretary than on his brief premiership.
John George Lambton,1st Earl of Durham,,also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham,was a British Whig statesman,colonial administrator,Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. A leading reformer,Durham played a major role in the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832. He later served as ambassador to Russia. He was a founding member and chairman of the New Zealand Company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand. George Woodcock says that he was,"Proud,wayward,immensely rich,with romantic good looks and an explosive temper." He was one of those "natural rebels who turn their rebellious energies to constructive purposes. Both at home and abroad he became a powerful exponent of the early nineteenth-century liberal spirit."
Earl of Home is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home of that Ilk,6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds,among others,the subsidiary titles of Lord Home and Lord Dunglass (1605) in the Peerage of Scotland,and Baron Douglas,of Douglas in the County of Lanark (1875),in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Various Earls of Home have also claimed the title of Lord Hume of Berwick. The Earl is also Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas. The title of Lord Dunglass is used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Earl.
Viscount Lifford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1781 for James Hewitt,1st Baron Lifford,the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He had already been created Baron Lifford,of Lifford in the County of Donegal,in 1768,also in the Peerage of Ireland. He was succeeded by his son,the second Viscount,who was Dean of Armagh from 1796 to 1830. His grandson,the fourth Viscount,sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1856 to 1887. His younger son,the sixth Viscount,was a captain in the Royal Navy. His son,the seventh Viscount,fought in both the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was succeeded by his cousin,the eighth Viscount. He was the son of the Hon. George Wyldbore Hewitt,seventh son of the fourth Viscount. As of 2014 the titles are held by his son,the ninth Viscount,who succeeded in 1987.
Louisa Jane Montagu Douglas Scott,Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry was the daughter of James Hamilton,1st Duke of Abercorn. In 1884,she became the Duchess of Buccleuch and Duchess of Queensberry,the wife of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott,6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry. She was the paternal grandmother of Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester,and of Marian Louisa,Lady Elmhirst,as well as a maternal great-grandmother of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard,Duke of Gloucester,and a great-great-grandmother of Sarah,Duchess of York. Diana,Princess of Wales,is one of her great-great-great-nieces.
Henry Scott,3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry KG FRSE was a Scottish nobleman and long-time friend of Sir Walter Scott. He is the paternal 3rd great-grandfather of Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester,and the maternal 4th great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard,Duke of Gloucester.
(George Frederick) D'Arcy Lambton,2nd Earl of Durham,styled Viscount Lambton from 1833 to 1840,was a British peer.
Charles Alexander Douglas-Home,12th Earl of Home,,styled Lord Dunglass between 1841 and 1881,was a British politician and nobleman. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1879 to 1880 and Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire from 1890 to 1915.
Clan Douglas is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands.
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott,6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry,was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice,Duchess of Gloucester,and the maternal great-grandfather of Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard,Duke of Gloucester.
Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home,Baroness Home of the Hirsel was the wife of British politician and prime minister Alec Douglas-Home.
Richard Walter John Montagu Douglas Scott,10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry,,styled as Lord Eskdaill until 1973 and as Earl of Dalkeith from 1973 until 2007,is a Scottish landholder and peer. He is the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry,as well as Chief of Clan Scott. He is the heir of James,Duke of Monmouth,the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and his mistress,Lucy Walter,and more remotely in a direct male line from Alan of Dol,who came to Britain in 1066 with William the Conqueror.
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.
Clan Home is a Scottish clan. It held immense power for much of the Middle Ages and dominated the eastern Scottish Borders. It produced no fewer than eight Wardens of the Eastern March –more than any other family.
The title of Baron Douglas,of Douglas in the county of Lanark,has been created twice,once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Louisa Jane Hamilton,Duchess of Abercorn,VA was a member of the British aristocracy. She was the half-sister of Prime Minister John Russell,1st Earl Russell.
George Baillie-Hamilton,12th Earl of Haddington,was a Scottish peer from 1917 to 1986.
Cospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home,11th Earl of Home,styled Lord Dunglass until 1841,was a Scottish diplomat and politician. He served as a representative peer for Scotland. During the premiership of the Duke of Wellington,he served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1828 to 1830.
Alexander Ramey-Home,10th Earl of Home,styled Lord Dunglass from 1781 to 1786,was a British politician and nobleman. He served as a representative peer for Scotland between 1807 and 1841. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Berwickshire militia. He held office as the first Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire between 1794 and 1841.
Henry James Montagu-Scott,2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
