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Alec Douglas-Home
Lord Home
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
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Alec Douglas-Home
Sex or Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mayfair
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
( - 4/12/1927)
Date of Birth
7/2/1903
Date of Death
10/9/1995
Member of Political Party
Conservative Party
(1965 - )
Unionist Party
( - 1965)
Educated At
Christ Church
Eton College
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(10/19/1963 - 10/16/1964)
Replaces
:
Harold Macmillan
Replaced By
:
Harold Wilson
Member of Cabinet
:
Douglas-Home Ministry
End Time
:
10/16/1964
Start Time
:
10/19/1963
Leader of the Opposition
(10/16/1964 - 7/28/1965)
Replaces
:
Harold Wilson
Replaced By
:
Edward Heath
End Time
:
7/28/1965
Start Time
:
10/16/1964
Leader of the Conservative Party
(10/18/1963 - 7/28/1965)
Replaces
:
Harold Macmillan
Replaced By
:
Edward Heath
End Time
:
7/28/1965
Start Time
:
10/18/1963
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(6/20/1970 - 3/4/1974)
Replaces
:
Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
Replaced By
:
James Callaghan
End Time
:
3/4/1974
Start Time
:
6/20/1970
Lord President of the Council
(10/14/1959 - 7/27/1960)
Replaces
:
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
End Time
:
7/27/1960
Start Time
:
10/14/1959
Leader of the House of Lords
(3/29/1957 - 7/27/1960)
Replaces
:
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Replaced By
:
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
End Time
:
7/27/1960
Start Time
:
3/29/1957
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
(4/7/1955 - 7/27/1960)
Replaces
:
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Replaced By
:
Duncan Sandys
End Time
:
7/27/1960
Start Time
:
4/7/1955
Board Member
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
(1951 - )
Start Time
:
1951
Member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(2/28/1974 - 9/20/1974)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Elected In
:
February 1974 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
46th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Conservative Party
End Time
:
9/20/1974
Start Time
:
2/28/1974
Member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(6/18/1970 - 2/8/1974)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Elected In
:
1970 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
45th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Conservative Party
End Time
:
2/8/1974
Start Time
:
6/18/1970
Member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(3/31/1966 - 5/29/1970)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Elected In
:
1966 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
44th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Conservative Party
End Time
:
5/29/1970
Start Time
:
3/31/1966
Member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
(10/15/1964 - 3/10/1966)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Elected In
:
1964 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Conservative Party
End Time
:
3/10/1966
Start Time
:
10/15/1964
Member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
(11/7/1963 - 9/25/1964)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Elected In
:
1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire By-Election
Parliamentary Term
:
42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Unionist Party
End Time
:
9/25/1964
Start Time
:
11/7/1963
Member of the 39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(2/23/1950 - 7/11/1951)
End Cause
:
Succession to a Peerage
Electoral District
:
Lanark
Elected In
:
1950 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
39th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Unionist Party
End Time
:
7/11/1951
Start Time
:
2/23/1950
Member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(11/14/1935 - 6/15/1945)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Lanark
Elected In
:
1935 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Unionist Party
End Time
:
6/15/1945
Start Time
:
11/14/1935
Member of the 36th Parliament of the United Kingdom
(10/27/1931 - 10/25/1935)
End Cause
:
Dissolution of Parliament
Electoral District
:
Lanark
Elected In
:
1931 United Kingdom General Election
Parliamentary Term
:
36th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Group
:
Unionist Party
End Time
:
10/25/1935
Start Time
:
10/27/1931
Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(1/24/1966 - 1/1/1969)
Represents
:
United Kingdom
End Time
:
1/1/1969
Start Time
:
1/24/1966
Member of the House of Lords
(7/11/1951 - 10/9/1995)
End Cause
:
Death in Office
End Time
:
10/9/1995
Start Time
:
7/11/1951
Shadow Foreign Secretary
(4/13/1966 - 6/18/1970)
Replaces
:
Christopher Soames
Replaced By
:
Denis Healey
End Time
:
6/18/1970
Start Time
:
4/13/1966
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(7/27/1960 - 10/18/1963)
Replaces
:
Selwyn Lloyd
Replaced By
:
Rab Butler
End Time
:
10/18/1963
Start Time
:
7/27/1960
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office
(1935 - 1937)
Employer
:
Neville Chamberlain
End Time
:
1937
Start Time
:
1935
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
(1937 - 1940)
Employer
:
Neville Chamberlain
End Time
:
1940
Start Time
:
1937
Deputy Lieutenant
(1944 - )
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Berwickshire
Start Time
:
1944
Undersecretary
(May 1945 - July 1945)
End Time
:
July 1945
Start Time
:
May 1945
Secretary of State for Scotland
(October 1951 - April 1955)
End Time
:
April 1955
Start Time
:
October 1951
Deputy Lieutenant
(1960 - )
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Lanarkshire
Start Time
:
1960
Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle
(1973 - 1992)
End Time
:
1992
Start Time
:
1973
Justice of the Peace
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Berwickshire
Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel
(10/3/1936 - 9/3/1990)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject's Spouse
Place of Marriage
:
Durham Cathedral
End Time
:
9/3/1990
Start Time
:
10/3/1936
Politician
Cricketer
Diplomat
Alec
Alexander
Series Ordinal
:
1
Nickname
:
Alec
Frederick
Series Ordinal
:
2
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
English
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Cricket
Order of the Thistle
(1962 - )
Start Time
:
1962
Doctor of Law (Honorary)
(1960)
Conferred By
:
University of Oxford
Point in Time
:
1960
Diana Douglas-Home
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
Caroline Douglas-Home
Meriel Douglas-Home
Douglas-Home
Earl of Home
(7/11/1951 - 10/23/1963)
End Cause
:
Renunciation
Series Ordinal
:
14
Follows
:
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
Followed By
:
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
End Time
:
10/23/1963
Start Time
:
7/11/1951
Baron
(12/19/1974 - )
Has Cause
:
Life Peer
Object Named As
:
Baron Home of the Hirsel
Start Time
:
12/19/1974
Baron Douglas of Douglas
(7/11/1951 - 10/23/1963)
End Cause
:
Renunciation
Series Ordinal
:
4
End Time
:
10/23/1963
Start Time
:
7/11/1951
Lord
(7/11/1951 - 10/23/1963)
End Cause
:
Renunciation
Series Ordinal
:
19
Object Named As
:
Lord Home
End Time
:
10/23/1963
Start Time
:
7/11/1951
Lord
(7/11/1951 - 10/23/1963)
End Cause
:
Renunciation
Series Ordinal
:
14
Object Named As
:
Lord Dunglas
End Time
:
10/23/1963
Start Time
:
7/11/1951
Lord
(1918 - 1951)
Has Cause
:
Courtesy Titles in the United Kingdom
Object Named As
:
Lord Dunglass
End Time
:
1951
Start Time
:
1918
The Hirsel
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
Lillian Lambton
William Douglas-Home
1964 United Kingdom General Election
1950 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Lanark
1931 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Lanark
1935 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Lanark
February 1974 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Represents
:
Conservative Party
Results
:
Elected
Votes Received
:
14,356
1966 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
1970 United Kingdom General Election
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire By-Election
Electoral District
:
Kinross and Western Perthshire
Represents
:
Unionist Party
Ranking
:
1
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End Cause
:
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
End Time
:
4/12/1927
Start Time
:
1965
End Time
:
1965
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