Douglas-Home (surname)

Last updated November 08, 2019

Douglas-Home is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British Conservative politician
Charles Douglas-Home (disambiguation), several people
Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home (1799–1881), Scottish diplomat and politician
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (born 1943), British businessman and Conservative politician
Elizabeth Douglas-Home (1909–1990), the wife of Alec Douglas-Home
Margaret Douglas-Home (1906–1996), English musician, writer and arts promoter
Mark Douglas-Home (born 1951), Scottish author and journalist
Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (1929–2012), English peer
Robin Douglas-Home (1932–1968), Scottish aristocrat, jazz pianist and author.
William Douglas-Home (1912–1992), British dramatist and politician

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964. He was the last Prime Minister to hold office while 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 spells as Britain's foreign minister than on his brief premiership.

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.

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, is a British businessman and Conservative politician.

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