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Alec Douglas-Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Douglas-Home was born in Mayfair, London, the eldest son of Lord Dunglass, the eldest son of the 12th Earl of Home. Home, the first UK Prime Minister born in the 20th century, believed it would be impractical to serve as PM from the Lords (it was widely believed that Lord Curzon had not been invited to become prime minister in 1923 because of his seat in the Lords). Lord Home, as he then was, served not only as Commonwealth Secretary from 1955 during the time of the Suez Crisis but, from 1957, also as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council (the latter twice; briefly in 1957 and subsequently from 1959). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home   (1586 words)

Alec Douglas-Home - Wikipedia Sir Alexander Frederic Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, von 1951 bis 1963 14. Während dieses Wahlkampfs machte Douglas-Home seinen berühmtesten Spruch: Wilson stichelte immer wieder, dass Douglas-Home kein Mann des Volkes als vierzehnter Earl of Home sei. 1973 kehrte er ins Oberhaus zurück, als er eine lebenslange Pairswürde als Baron Home of the Hirsel (The Hirsel war der Familiensitz in Berwickshire) annahm. de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home   (835 words)

Alec Douglas-Home Alec Douglas-Home, the son of the 13th Earl of Home, was born in London on 2nd July, 1903. Alec Douglas Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream,... Home believed it impractical to serve as Prime Minister from the Lords (it was widely believed that Lord Curzon had not been invited to become prime minister in the 1920s because of his position in the Lords). www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Alec_Douglas-Home.html   (2346 words)

Alec Douglas-Home -- Alec Douglas-Home Ämbetsperiod:19 oktober 1963 - 16 ... Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Alec Douglas-Home, Earl of Home 1951-1963, från 1974 Baron Home of the Hirsel of the Coldstream, född 2 juli 1903, död 9 oktober 1995, brittisk politiker (konservativ), premiärminister 1963-1964. Alec Douglas-Home -- Alec Douglas-Home Ämbetsperiod:19 oktober 1963 - 16... alec_douglas-home.exsudo.se   (61 words)

MyClan.com : Clan Home : Clan History Home was appointed one of the counsellors to the Queen Regent. Lord Home was accused of conspiring with the English and was arrested for treason, and he and his brother were executed in October 1516, after which their heads were displayed on the Tolbooth of Edinburgh. The Home lands were occupied by the English invaders and it fell to Lord Home’s son, Alexander, the fifth Lord, to retake them in 1549. www.myclan.com /clans/Home_52/default.php   (900 words)

United Kingdom general election, 1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Both major parties had changed leaders in 1963: after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, Labour chose Harold Wilson (who was then thought of as being on the party's centre left), and the Conservatives had unexpectedly chosen Alec Douglas-Home as their new leader after Harold Macmillan announced his resignation. Many party speakers, especially at televised rallies, had to deal with hecklers: Sir Alec Douglas-Home in particular was treated very roughly in a meeting at Birmingham. Harold Wilson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Sir Alec Douglas-Home. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1964   (515 words)

Britannia Government: Prime Ministers Alec Douglas-Home served as a member of Parliament from 1931 to 45, again in 1950-51 and once again from 1963 to 1971. He renounced his title of 14th Earl of Home in order to succeed Macmillan as prime minister in 1963. www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime51.html   (231 words)

Literary Encyclopedia: William Douglas Home One of his brothers, Sir Alec Douglas Home, was to become Queen Elizabeth II’s Prime Minister in 1964. William Douglas Home was the fifth of the seven children of Lord Charles Douglas, thirteenth Earl of Home. century by the marriage of a Douglas heiress to a Lord Home. www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5875   (718 words)

Sir Alec Douglas-Home Educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, Alec Douglas-Home was the first peer to become PM since Salisbury in 1895. Home served briefly in Churchill's caretaker post-war government, but lost his seat in the subsequent Labour landslide. With the Conservatives returned to power, Home was made Minister of State in the Scottish Office until 1955, when he joined the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page130.asp   (563 words)

Clan HOME, HUME Their great-grandson, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, born in 1903, entered politics, became an M.P. in 1931 and was secretary to Neville Chamberlain during the latter's ill-fated negotiations with Adolf Hitler just prior to the start of the second World War. The earliest record is of Aldan de Home (1172-78), whose descendant, Sir Alexander, fought beside the Earl of Douglas at Homildon Hill in 1402, and died with him at Verneuil in 1424. Among the Senior cadets were the Homes of Wedderburn, of whom the sons of Sir David, 3rd in that line, were known as the 'Seven Spears of Wedderburn'. www.electricscotland.com /webclans/htol/home2.html   (701 words)

Douglas Part @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995), British baron, politician, prime minister (1963–1964) James Douglas (1675–1742), Scottish physician and anatomist, and physician to the Queen. River Douglas; a river that flows through Douglas; the capital of the Isle of Man. www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Douglas   (771 words)

Alec Douglas-Home Biography / Biography of Alec Douglas-Home Biography family · young · the eldest · marriage · scotland · douglas · parliament · frederick douglass · conservative party · cricket · ornithologist · alec · aristocratic life · british politics · lanarkshire scotland · family interests · archibald douglas Home was raised at Springhill House in Scotland for the first sixteen years of his life and returned there as an adult after his marriage. As the future fourteenth earl of Home, he was heir to 134,000 acres of land and coal mines in Lanarkshire, Scotland. www.bookrags.com /biography-alec-douglas-home   (237 words)

Mark Douglas-Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia His uncle, the previous holder, was Alec Douglas-Home, a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was rumoured to be because of his unhappiness at budget cuts imposed on the paper by owners Newsquest The noble title, the Earl of Home in the Peerage of Scotland, belongs to his family, and his cousin, David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home is the current holder. It was announced on December 1, 2005 that he was leaving the paper. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Douglas-Home   (305 words)

Alec Douglas-Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Home, the first British Prime Minister born in the 20th century, believed it would be impractical to serve as PM from the Lords (it was widely believed that Lord Curzon had not been invited to become prime minister in the 1920s because of his seat in the Lords). In 1973 Home intimated his intention to retire from Parliament and government at the next general election, but was overtaken by the calling of a snap general election in February 1974. Lord Home, as he then was, served not only as Commonwealth Secretary from 1955 but, from 1957, also as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council (the latter twice; briefly in 1957 and subsequently from 1959). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home   (1257 words)

Douglas-Home, William - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Douglas-Home, William Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, Baron Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream He was the younger brother of the politician Alec Douglas-Home. Douglas-Home was born in Edinburgh, son of the 13th Earl of Home. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Douglas-Home,+William   (330 words)

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Lord Dunglass Despite all his honours, Alec Home never made an enemy and was much valued, in cricket as in politics, for his quiet charm and sagacity. From 1977 to 1989 Lord Home was Governor of I Zingari. Lord Home of the Hirsel, The Baron, KT, PC, who died at his home on October 9, 1995, aged 92, was the only British prime minister to have played first-class cricket. content-uk.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/12295.html   (511 words)

ge64.shtml The Conservative leader, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, was widely perceived as a distant, awkward aristocrat. Sir Alec had spent most of his political career in the House of Lords and was unused to the cut and thrust of political debate. Sir Alec's lack of charisma was blamed for the Tory defeat. www.bbc.co.uk /politics97/background/pastelec/ge64.shtml   (1345 words)

Alec Douglas Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Alec Douglas Home in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video. Start the Alec Douglas Home article or add a request for it. Look for Alec Douglas Home in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alec_Douglas_Home   (155 words)

Alec Douglas-Home Biography Douglas-Home served as Prime Minister from October, 1963 to October, 1964. Alexander became the 14th Earl of Home after inheriting his fathers seat in the House of Lords. www.paralumun.com /brithome.htm   (50 words)

British Prime Ministers: Home, Sir Alec Douglas- (1903-1995) In October 1963 he disclaimed his peerages for life, took the name Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and succeeded Harold Macmillan as prime minister during a Conservative Party crisis, the most spectacular feature of which was an adultery scandal involving John Dennis Profumo, secretary of state for war from 1960 to 1963. British Prime Ministers: Home, Sir Alec Douglas- (1903-1995) Admittedly having slight knowledge of economics, Sir Alec as prime minister was unable to improve the deteriorating British balance-of-payments situation. www.mdlg05075.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /douglashome.htm   (305 words)

Released by the National Archive In the course of further discussions on the same point Sir Alec Douglas-Home suggested that the Spaniards might welcome a visit by a small group of responsible Gibraltarians, including perhaps some civil servants, who would be able to see for themselves how pleasent life is in Spain and how agreeable the Spaniards can be. Sir Alec added that he already knew from the Spanish Foreign Minister that this would be difficult; but he still wished to put it to the Head of State. Sir Alec wished to ask General Franco personally and directly whether some gesture could not now be made towards the Gibraltarians in the form, of an at least partial lifting of those restrictions. www.gibnet.com /texts/con_adh.htm   (373 words)

Alec Douglas-Home - Prime Minister - Parliament Alec Douglas-Home was born in 1903 and educated at Eton and Oxford before becoming a Conservative MP and joining the House of Commons. [uk politics >> alec douglas-home - - Prime Minister - Parliament] He progressed under Churchill and Eden and eventually became leader of the House of Lords. www.britain.tv /ukpolitics_prime_ministers_alec_douglas_home.shtml   (110 words)

Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel on Encyclopedia.com DOUGLAS-HOME, ALEXANDER FREDERICK, BARON HOME OF THE HIRSEL [Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel], 1903-95, British politician. Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel on Encyclopedia.com Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DouglH1o.asp   (334 words)

Back Viet Parley, U.K. Urges Russ The response of Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Smirnovsky to the proposal by Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home was merely to say he would forward the idea on to Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko in Moscow. "Sir Alec Douglas-Home, as one of the two cochairmen, proposed the reconvening of the Geneva conference. The Soviet ambassador undertook to convey Sir Alec's views to Mr. www.thebattleofkontum.com /stars/249.html   (308 words)

Butler, Richard Austen As a candidate for the prime ministership, he was defeated by Harold Macmillan in 1957 (under whom he was home secretary 1957–62), and by Alec Douglas Home in 1963. Butler was born in India, the son of an administrator, and he was educated at Marlborough and Cambridge University. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0009706.html   (276 words)

Home Economics - Search Results - MSN Encarta Douglas-Home, Alec (quotations): Economics: There are two problems in… Home Economics, study of food, family life education, human resource management, and consumer education at various levels. Home Economics - Search Results - MSN Encarta uk.encarta.msn.com /Home_Economics.html   (110 words)

Assorted Material :: Johnny Ryan Mr Hudson was Political Secretary to Alec Douglas—Home between 1970—74 and was previously Head of Overseas Affairs at the Conservative Research Department. The re—opening of high level negotiations between Ian Smith and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, Alec Douglas—Home, in 1971 raised hopes of an opportunity to finally resolve what had become a domestic and international dilemma. Douglas—Home’s use of the phrase ‘some African consent’ in his report might be interpreted as a reassessment of the Government’s original commitment to the fifth principle. www.geocities.com /x4401/w-rhodesia.html   (10490 words)

House of Commons Hansard Debates for 16 Oct 1995 Alec Douglas-Home was above all a man of honour, who stayed a man of honour: a decent man who, through all the temptations and anxieties of politics, remained decent--not a man from another age, but a rarity in any age; a good servant of the people, for whose life we give thanks. Alec Home was not, of course, personally responsible for the agreements reached, but, with a loyalty that was characteristic of the man, he would never subsequently criticise Chamberlain's actions. With the return of a Conservative Government, Alec Home was appointed to a new post as Minister of State, Scottish Office. www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-10-16/Debate-1.html   (6773 words)

MyClan.com : Clan Home : Clan History Home was appointed one of the counsellors to the Queen Regent. Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass was captured at the Battle of Homildon in 1402. Lord Home was accused of conspiring with the English and was arrested for treason, and he and his brother were executed in October 1516, after which their heads were displayed on the Tolbooth of Edinburgh. www.myclan.com /clans/Home_52/default.php   (900 words)

Anecdote - Alec, Baron Home of the Hirsel Douglas-Home - Douglas-Home Sir Alec Douglas-Home's wife, watching a pre-recorded program on her husband one day, was so dismayed by his fatigued appearance that she raced up to the bedroom, where he was changing for a party. Douglas-Home, Alec, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903-) British foreign secretary (1960-63 and 1970—74), prime minister (1963-64) Anecdote - Alec, Baron Home of the Hirsel Douglas-Home - Douglas-Home www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=13393   (118 words)

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