David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Home
KT CVO CBE
Official portrait of The Earl of Home 2020 crop 2.jpg
Official portrait, 2020
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
24 September 1996
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byThe 14th Earl of Home (1963)
Personal details
Born (1943-11-20) 20 November 1943 (age 78)
Westminster, London, UK
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Jane Williams-Wynn
​
(m. 1972)​
Children3
Parent(s)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

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

Background and education[]

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 after 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. He is also President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home.

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 20 February 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children:[2]

  • 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. They have three sons:
    • Harry Alexander Wyldbore Hewitt (born 9 February 2010)
    • Rory David Wingfield Hewitt (born 3 February 2012)
    • Nico James Cospatrick Hewitt (born 15 May 2015)
  • Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (born 1982), married Christopher Gurth Clothier. They have one daughter:
    • Eira Thursday Clothier (born 5 January 2013)
  • Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (born 30 November 1987), married to Sally Underhill[3]

Titles and styles[]

  • The Hon. David Douglas-Home (1943–1951)
  • Lord Dunglass (1951–1963)
    • In 1963, the year his father disclaimed his earldom (and became prime minister), David too discontinued the use of his courtesy title.[4]
  • David Douglas-Home (1963–1974)
  • The Hon. David Douglas-Home (1974–1995)
  • The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home (1995–)

Honours[]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 1.
  2. ^ Theroff (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated November 2007.
  3. ^ "Announcements – Engagements: Lord Dunglass and Miss S.A. Underhill". The Daily Telegraph. 27 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Lord Home of the Hirsel – Obituary", The Times, 10 October 1995.

External links[]

Peerage of Scotland
Disclaimed
Title last held by
Alec Douglas-Home 		Earl of Home
1995–present 		Incumbent
Heir:
Michael Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
created by the House of Lords Act 1999
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under of the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–present 		Incumbent
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