Robin Douglas-Home

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Cecil Robin Douglas-Home (8 May 1932 – 1968) was a Scottish aristocrat, jazz pianist and author.

Robin Douglas-Home was the eldest son of the 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 brother Charles Douglas-Home edited "The Times".

Douglas-Home was a popular jazz pianist and he was a leading society figure during the 1950s and 1960s. He had a relationship with Princess Margaretha of Sweden but they were refused pemission to marry by King Gustav VI Adolf. He married the fashion model Sandra Paul in 1959 and they had a son in 1962. The couple were divorced in 1965 following his well publicised romance with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

Douglas-Home was author of a biography of Sinatra (1962) and a novel Hot for Certainties (1964), and also wrote a number of articles for journals and magazines such as Queen and Woman's Own.

Douglas-Home committed suicide in 1968, aged 36, having suffered for years with clinical depression.