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Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel (née Alington; 6 November 1909 – 3 September 1990) was the wife of British politician and prime minister Alec Douglas-Home. Biography [ edit ]
The Hirsel is a Category A Listed [1] stately home near Coldstream, Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders council area. It has been a seat of the Earls of Home since 1611, and the principal seat following the destruction of Hume Castle during the mid-17th century. It was the home of the former British prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the ...
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She was styled Baroness Home of the Hirsel from 19 December 1974. Children. Children of Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home and Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home. 1. Lady Lavinia Caroline Douglas-Home, b. 11 Oct 1937 2. Lady Meriel Kathleen Douglas-Home, b. 27 Nov 1939 3. Lady Diana Lucy Douglas-Home, b. 18 Dec 1940 4.
1 de nov. de 2022 · Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home (Alington), Baroness Home of the Hirsel. Birthdate: November 06, 1909. Death: September 03, 1990 (80) Immediate Family: Daughter of Very Rev. Cyril Argentine Alington and Hester Margaret Alington. Wife of Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Lady Meriel Kathleen Douglas-Home (b. 27 Nov 1939), m. Adrian Darby, Bursar of Keble College, Oxford; Lady Diana Lucy Douglas-Home (b. 18 Dec 1940), m. James Wolfe Murray; David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (20 Nov 1943–22 Aug 2022). She died on 3 September 1990 at the age of 80. Her husband outlived her by just over ...
Unlike many large estates, The Hirsel has remained under the continuous ownership of one single family for nearly four centuries. In 1611, the 1st Earl of Home and Privy Counsellor to James VI purchased the land from Sir John Ker, and it is likely that the family took up residence at The Hirsel some time before the destruction of their former seat of Hume Castle by Cromwell's forces in 1650.
