| The Right Honourable The Earl of Home CVO, CBE |
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| Born | 20 November 1943 Westminster, London United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne |
| Relations | The Lord Home of the Hirsel (father) |
| Children | One son and two daughters |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home CVO, CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.
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Home is the only son of Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Home succeeded in his father's disclaimed earldom in 1995. When the hereditary peers of the House of Lords were reduced under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected as one of the ninety that were allowed to remain. He sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench.
Apart from his political career Lord Home is also Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. and of the Grosvenor Group. He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas.
Lord Home has been married since 1972 to the former Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (b. 1949), of the Williams-Wynn Baronets. They have three children:[1]
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| Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home (disclaimed in 1963) |
Earl of Home 1995—present |
Incumbent Heir: Michael Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass |