Douglas-Home. In 1918 the 12th Earl of Home died; Dunglass succeeded him in the earldom, and the courtesy title passed to his son, Alec Douglas-Home,... 119 KB (13,261 words) - 06:43, 24 April 2024 |
in 2022. Home was born in London, the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the 14th Earl of Home and British prime minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel... 13 KB (664 words) - 06:42, 19 April 2024 |
Honourable Henry Douglas-Home from his first marriage to Lady Margaret Spencer. His uncle was the former British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his younger... 6 KB (462 words) - 11:42, 25 November 2023 |
Earl of Home, Alec Douglas-Home. However, as no prime minister had led from the House of Lords since the Marquess of Salisbury in 1902, Home chose to... 60 KB (7,498 words) - 17:55, 26 April 2024 |
Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home. The castle was located around 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north-east of the village of Douglas, South Lanarkshire, in... 8 KB (913 words) - 10:50, 25 April 2023 |
prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home. He was born on 29 December 1873, the only son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home, and Maria Grey, the... 7 KB (672 words) - 17:10, 19 March 2024 |
William Pitt the Elder. Alec Douglas-Home was the great-great-great-grandson of Lord Grey. Lord Russell and Alec Douglas-Home. The first prime minister... 95 KB (10,200 words) - 13:16, 22 April 2024 |
The Shadow Cabinet of Alec Douglas-Home was created on 16 October 1964 following the defeat in the 1964 general election. Politics portal United Kingdom... 2 KB (39 words) - 21:17, 2 March 2024 |
he reportedly said "No comment ... in glorious Technicolor!"). Sir Alec Douglas-Home was an aristocrat who had given up his peerage to sit in the House... 183 KB (20,529 words) - 18:00, 26 April 2024 |
Conservative government, 1957–1964 (redirect from Douglas-Home Ministry) Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry. They were respectively led by Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who were appointed by Queen... 56 KB (1,998 words) - 07:48, 8 October 2023 |
Tom and Clem, by Stephen Churchett. In the original production in 1997, Alec McCowen played Attlee, and Michael Gambon played Tom Driberg. Played by Alan... 36 KB (4,738 words) - 20:15, 9 April 2024 |
The Hirsel (category Alec Douglas-Home) the mid-17th century. It was the home of the former British prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the 14th Earl of Home. A large mellow Georgian house... 4 KB (313 words) - 15:37, 2 August 2023 |
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lilian Lambton, daughter of the 4th Earl of Durham. His eldest brother was Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime... 21 KB (2,834 words) - 18:27, 12 March 2024 |
Edward Heath (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964) Privy Seal and in 1963, was made President of the Board of Trade by Alec Douglas-Home. After the Conservatives were defeated at the 1964 election, Heath... 137 KB (15,152 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2024 |
1964 United Kingdom general election (category Alec Douglas-Home) It resulted in the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, narrowly losing to the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson; Labour... 85 KB (3,508 words) - 14:08, 27 January 2024 |
leadership election was held in July 1965 to find a successor to Alec Douglas-Home. It was the first time that a formal election by the parliamentary... 7 KB (680 words) - 03:59, 27 February 2024 |
action taken against the Soviet Union by any western government. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, foreign secretary at the time, was accused by the Labour opposition... 4 KB (427 words) - 23:07, 18 February 2024 |
Douglas-Home is a surname. Notable people with this name include: Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British Conservative politician Andrew Douglas-Home (born... 1 KB (165 words) - 08:14, 10 December 2023 |
Archbishop of Canterbury or York. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who had renounced his hereditary title of the 14th Earl of Home on becoming Prime Minister, was the... 31 KB (3,745 words) - 08:57, 17 April 2024 |
For unknown reasons, Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home was not informed of Blunt's spying, although the Queen and Home Secretary Henry Brooke had been fully... 61 KB (7,445 words) - 01:57, 1 April 2024 |
exception was during the long summer recess in 1963: Alec Douglas-Home, then the 14th Earl of Home, disclaimed his peerage (under a new mechanism which... 77 KB (9,319 words) - 16:34, 27 April 2024 |
been elected leader of the Conservative Party in 1965 to succeed Alec Douglas-Home, within a few months of the party's election defeat after 13 years... 34 KB (954 words) - 23:20, 30 January 2024 |
(1958–1979) Created under the premierships of Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan List of life peerages... 1 KB (147 words) - 22:27, 22 March 2024 |