David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas -Home, 15th Earl of Home KT, CVO, CBE ( born November 20, 1943 in Westminster) is a British politician, member of the House of Lords and businessman.

Life

Douglas-Home is the only son of the Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, and Elizabeth Alington the daughter of Cyril Alington.

Lord Home married in 1972 Margaret Jane was born Williams Wynne ( b. 1949 ) from the family of Williams - Wynn Baronets. The marriage produced three children have emerged:

  • Katherine Iona Douglas -Home ( born 1980 ), ∞ April 5, 2008 James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt ( born 1979 ), heir of Viscount Lifford;
  • Mary Elizabeth Douglas -Home ( * 1982);
  • Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (* 1987), heir apparent.

He attended the private school Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

He is chairman of the board of the private bank Coutts & Co. and the Grosvenor Group. He is also the current president of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and the head of the noble family Douglas. In 2014 he was inducted into the Scottish Thistle Order.

Policy

Although his father had waived the 1963 Earls dignity, he obtained in 1995 the title of Earl of Home and the corresponding seat in the House of Lords, when his father died. With the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, he lost along with all other Erbpeers ( Hereditary peers) the automatic seat in the House of Lords. However, he was chosen as one of 92 selected Erbpeers that remained after the reform in the House. This choice was made as a partisan of the Conservative Party.

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