Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel

The Right Honourable Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, K.T., P.C., disclaimed 14th Earl of Home

• born: 2 July 1903
• died: 9 October 1995

Known asEdit

• 1903-1918: The Hon. Alec Douglas-Home
• 1918-1931: The Hon. Alec Douglas-Home, commonly called Lord Dunglass
• 1931-1945: The Hon. Alec Douglas-Home, commonly called Lord Dunglass, M.P.
• 1945-1950: The Hon. Alec Douglas-Home, commonly called Lord Dunglass
• 1950-1951: The Hon. Alec Douglas-Home, commonly called Lord Dunglass, M.P.
• 1951-1951: The Earl of Home
• 1951-1962: The Earl of Home, P.C.
• 1962-1963: The Earl of Home, K.T., P.C.
• 1963-1963: The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, K.T.
• 1963-1974: The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, K.T., M.P.
• 1974-1995: The Lord Home of the Hirsel, K.T., P.C.

EducationEdit

• Eton College
• Christ Church, Oxford

OfficesEdit

• Minister of State for Scotland, 1951-1955
• Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1955-1960
• Lord President of the Council, 1957, 1959-1960
• Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960-1963, 1970-1974
• Prime Minister, 1963-1964

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Earl of Home, Lord Home, and Lord Dunglas (Peerage of Scotland); Baron Douglas (Peerage of the United Kingdom, 1951 (disclaimed 1963)
• Baron Home of the Hirsel, 1974

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight of the Thistle, 1962

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1951

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Lanark, 1931-1945, 1950-1951
• Member of Parliament for Kinross and Perthshire West, 1963-1974

Parliamentary PositionsEdit

• Leader of the House of Lords, 1957-1960
• Leader of the Opposition, 1964-1965

Party PositionsEdit

• Leader of the Conservative Party, 1963-1965