David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

The Right Honourable The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE

Personal details
Born	(1943-11-20) 20 November 1943 Westminster, London United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jane née Williams-Wynne
Relations	Lord Home of the Hirsel (father)
Children	Iona, Mary and Michael
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Religion	Anglican

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (/ˈhjuːm/ HYOOM) KT CVO CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician.

Background and education

Eton College

Home is the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home and British Prime Minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Home succeeded to his father's disclaimed earldom on his death in October 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 92 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 was, until 2013, Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. and remains Chairman 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.

Home coat of arms

Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle (KT) in the 2014 New Year Honours.^[1]

Family

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (born 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children:^[2]

The Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (born 1980), married the Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979), son and heir of the 9th Viscount Lifford, on 5 April 2008
The Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (born 1982)
Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (born 1987), heir apparent to the titles.

Titles and styles

The Hon. David Douglas-Home (1943–1951)
Lord Dunglass (1951–1990)
Lord Dunglass CBE (1991–1995)
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home CBE (1995–1997)
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home CVO CBE (1997–2013)
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE (2014–)

Honours

Knight of the Thistle (2014)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1997)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1991)

Ancestry

Ancestors of David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

16. Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home

8. Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home

17. Hon. Lucy Montagu-Scott

4. Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home

18. Charles Grey

9. Maria Grey

19. Caroline Macan

2. Alexander Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel

20. George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham

10. Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham

21. Lady Beatrix Hamilton

5. Lady Lillian Lambton

22. John Bulteel

11. Beatrix Bulteel

23. Euphemia Parsons

1. David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

24. John Alington

12. Henry Alington

25. Charlotte Bellingham

6. Cyril Alington

26. Thomas Booth

13. Jane Booth

27. Mary Pacey

3. Elizabeth Alington

28. William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton

14. George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton

29. Lady Sarah Spencer

7. Hon. Hester Lyttelton

30. George Clive

15. Sybella Clive

31. Ann Farquhar

References

↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728. p. 1. 31 December 2013.
↑ Theroff (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated November 2007.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Home
Clan Home Association - Official website
Theroff, Paul (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated 11 November 2007 in text format, The Theroff Files. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
www.thepeerage.com
www.debretts.com

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home (disclaimed in 1963)	Earl of Home 1995—present	Incumbent Heir: Lord Dunglass

Earls*

...of England

Shrewsbury, Waterford & Talbot Derby Huntingdon Pembroke & Montgomery Devon Lincoln Suffolk & Berkshire Denbigh & Desmond Westmorland Lindsey & Abingdon Winchelsea & Nottingham Sandwich Essex Carlisle Shaftesbury Portland Scarbrough Albemarle Coventry Jersey

...of Scotland

...of Great Britain

Ferrers Dartmouth Tankerville Aylesford Macclesfield Waldegrave Harrington Portsmouth Brooke & Warwick Buckinghamshire Guilford Hardwicke Ilchester De La Warr Radnor Spencer Bathurst Clarendon Mansfield & Mansfield Mount Edgcumbe Fortescue Carnarvon Cadogan Malmesbury

...of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Cork & Orrery Westmeath Meath Cavan Drogheda Granard Darnley Egmont Bessborough Carrick Shannon Arran Courtown Mexborough Winterton Kingston Roden Lisburne Clanwilliam Antrim Longford Portarlington Mayo Annesley Enniskillen Erne Lucan Belmore Castle Stewart Donoughmore Caledon

...of the United Kingdom & ...of Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive earls, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest ** Errol ranks in Scotland as Lord High Constable; Peel ranks as Lord Chamberlain ***Wessex ranks among the Royal family

Current members of the Order of the Thistle

The Sovereign	Elizabeth II

Knights and Ladies Companion	The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine The Earl of Airlie The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres Lady Marion Fraser The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden The Lord Mackay of Clashfern The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Sir Eric Anderson The Lord Steel of Aikwood The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk The Lord Hope of Craighead The Lord Patel The Earl of Home The Lord Smith of Kelvin

Extra Knights	The Duke of Edinburgh The Duke of Rothesay The Princess Royal The Earl of Strathearn

Officers	Gilleasbuig Macmillan (Dean) The Earl of Airlie (Chancellor) Rear Admiral Christopher Hope Laymann (Green Rod) Dr Joseph Morrow (King of Arms) Elizabeth Roads (Secretary)