David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

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The Earl of Home, Chairman of the Coutts Group
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The Earl of Home, Chairman of the Coutts Group

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, CVO, CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a Scottish peer, the only son of former Conservative Party Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Educated at Eton College and Oxford University, he is a hereditary peer who was elected as a member of the House of Lords when the Hereditary peers were reduced to 92, and sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench. He is also the current Chairman of teh BASC.

He is Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. and is married with two daughters and one son, Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by:
Alec Douglas-Home
(disclaimed in 1963)
Earl of Home
1995–Present
Succeeded by:
Current Incumbent
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