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15 de jun. de 2017 · He was, from the age of 15 at Eton and Christ Church, naturally, known as Lord Dunglass; from 1951 he was the 14th earl of Home. He had the ease of manners that some genuine blue bloods do. In a thoughtful and sympathetic DNB entry, Douglas Hurd described him as one of the most courteous politicians he had ever known.
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home was born on 2 July 1903, the eldest of seven children of the 13th Earl of Home (pronounced ‘Hume’). He himself was to undergo several name changes, becoming successively Lord Dunglass, Earl of Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home and, finally, Lord Home of the Hirsel.
Sous son nouveau patronyme de sir Alec Douglas-Home, il occupa pendant quelque onze années le siège de député de Kinross, après avoir, de 1931 à 1951, à l'exception de la coupure de l'“ère socialiste” de 1945-1950, représenté la circonscription de Lanark.
Alec Douglas-Home’s policies. Alec Douglas-Home was not actively involved in political processes, which made his tenure a largely unremarkable period. However, Douglas-Home did oversee the introduction of the Resale Price Act. The Resale Prices Bill of 1964 was introduced to end resale price maintenance, also known as ‘price-fixing’.
Alec Douglas-Home. 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. As Lord ...
Alec Douglas-Home. Alexander Frederick (Alec) Douglas-Home, Graaf van Home, Baron Home van Hirsel ( Londen, Engeland, 2 juli 1903 – Berwickshire, Schotland, 9 oktober 1995) was een Brits politicus en diplomaat van de Conservative Party en premier van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van 1963 tot 1964.
Prime minister. Douglas‐Home succeeded to the earldom in 1951 but relinquished it in 1963 to re‐enter the Commons as prime minister, in succession to Harold Macmillan. In 1974 he returned to the House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel. He was first elected in 1931 and served as private secretary to Neville Chamberlain (1937–40 ...
