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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC ( / ˈhjuːm /; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 until 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
- ALEC Douglas-Home
Lord Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, conte Home of the...
- ALEC Douglas-Home
- Leader of Party and Prime Minister
- Prime Minister 1963–1964
- Foreign Affairs 1970–1974
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When he was chosen as Leader of the Conservative Party after Harold Macmillan retired, he knew it would be difficult to lead a government from the House of Lords. So he renounced his title, four days after becoming Prime Minister. Once he renounced the title, he became simply Sir Alec Douglas-Home. He had been made a Knight of the Thistle in 1962. ...
A former peer as Prime Minister was open to attack, and Douglas-Home was attacked by the Labour Party leader Harold Wilson. Wilson attacked the new prime minister as "an elegant anachronism". He said that nobody from Douglas-Home's background knew the problems of ordinary families. In particular, Wilson asked how "a scion of an effete establishment...
When the Conservatives returned to power in 1970, Home was made Foreign Secretary. He was a considerable success in this role. His speeches explained the world situation, which was then at the height of the Cold War. In east–west relations, Douglas-Home spoke against the Soviet Union and its spying activities in Britain. In September 1971 he expell...
The Times considered that his reputation rested not on his brief premiership, but on his two spells as Foreign Secretary: "He brought to the office ... his capacity for straight talking, for toughness towards the Soviet Union and for firmness (sometimes interpreted as a lack of sympathy) towards the continents of Africa and Asia. But he brought som...
History of the UK government. Past Prime Ministers. Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Conservative 1963 to 1964. Sir Alec Douglas-Home only served as Prime Minister for 363 days but he oversaw the...
Alec Douglas-Home. Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home o the Hirsel KT PC ( / ˈhjuːm /; 2 Julie 1903 – 9 October 1995) wis a Breetish Conservative politeecian that served as Prime Meenister frae October 1963 tae October 1964. He is notable for bein the maist recent Prime Meenister tae haud office while bein a member o the Hoose o ...
Alec Douglas-Home led the Government from 1963. He was defeated at the 1964 general election. The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry.
Origins. Lords Home (1473) Earls of Home (1605) Present Earl. Arms. See also. References. Works cited. External links. Earl of Home. The 11th Earl and Countess of Home (seated) at the marriage of their son Lord Dunglass, Douglas Castle, 1870. Earl of Home ( / ˈhjuːm / HEWM) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
