Elizabeth Douglas-Home

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The Lady Home of the Hirsel
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As the Countess of Home in 1963
Born
Elizabeth Hester Alington

(1909-11-06)6 November 1909
Died3 September 1990(1990-09-03) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Known forFormer spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1963–64)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1936)
Relatives

Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel (née Alington; 6 November 1909 – 3 September 1990) was the wife of British politician and Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home.

Biography[]

She was born Elizabeth Alington,[1] the second daughter of the Very Rev Cyril Alington[2]—headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College respectively, as well as chaplain to King George V[2]—and his wife, Hester Margaret Lyttelton, daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton.[2] Elizabeth was the first woman to become a fellow (governor) of Eton.[citation needed]

She married Alec Douglas-Home on 3 October 1936.[1] Thanks to her husband acquiring and renouncing various titles she had, according to The Guinness Book of Records, more names successively in her lifetime than any other once-married, British-only woman.[3][page needed]

She died on 3 September 1990 at the age of 80.[4] Her husband outlived her by just over five years.[5] They had been married for 53 years.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Hurd 2004, under "Marriage and the Second World War".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Card 2004.
  3. ^ Guinness Book of Records 1985.
  4. ^ "Confirmation of birthname". RootsWeb. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. ^ Hurd 2004, under "Retirement".

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