Background
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home was born on July 2, 1903 in London. Son of late 13th Earl of Home and Lady Lilian Lambton.
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home was born on July 2, 1903 in London. Son of late 13th Earl of Home and Lady Lilian Lambton.
Eton College, and Christ Church, Oxford.
Minister 1938-1939; Joint Parliament. Under-Secretary to Foreign Office 1945- Minister of State, Scottish Office 1951-1955. Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1955-1960, for Foreign Affairs 1960-1963.
Lord President, of the Council 1957, 1959-1960.
Prime Minister 1963-1964. Leader of Conservative Party 1963-1965.
Leader of Opposition 1964-1965. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1970-1974.
Renounced title of 14th Earl of Home October 1963.
Chancellor. President Royal Institute of Institute Affairs since 1977. President Salmon and Trout Association since 1985.
Chairman Bilderberg meetings 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980.
Honorary Doctorate (Oxford), Honorary Doctor of Laws (Harvard, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Liverpool).
House of Commons 1931-1945, 1950-1951, 1963-1974, House of Lords 1951-1963.
Married Elizabeth Alington in 1936 (died in 1990).