She was born in 1909, the third daughter of the Very Revd Cyril Alington, the headmaster of Eton College and chaplain to King George V, and his wife, Honorary Hester Margaret Lyttelton (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), daughter of George, 4th Lord Lyttelton.
Lady Home was the first woman to become a fellow (governor) of Eton. Her names in order were:
Mission Elizabeth Alington (1909 to 1936)
Lady Dunglass (her husband"s courtesy title. 1936 to 1951)
The Rt Honorary The Countess of Home (1951 to 1963)
Lady Douglas-Home (as the wife of a knight.
1963 to 1974)
They had been married for 54 years.
