David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, Knight of the Order ot the Thistle, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Commander of the Order of the British Empire is a British businessman and Conservative politician.
Background
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. Home succeeded to his father"s disclaimed earldom on his death in October 1995.
Education
He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
Career
When the hereditary peers of the House of Lords were reduced under the House of Lords Acting 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 & Company and remains Chairman of the Grosvenor Group.
He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas.
Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle (Knight of the Order ot the Thistle) in the 2014 New Year Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (born 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children: The Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (born 1980), married the Honorary
James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b 1979), son and heir of the 9th Viscount Lifford, on 5 April 2008 The Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (born 1982) Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (born 1987), heir apparent to the titles. The Honorary David Douglas-Home (1943–1951) Lord Dunglass (1951–1990) Lord Dunglass Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1991–1995) The Rt Honorary
The Earl of Home Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1995–1997) The Rt Honorary
The Earl of Home Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1997–2013) The Rt Honorary The Earl of Home Knight of the Order ot the Thistle Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire (since 2014).