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Alec Douglas-Home. Original Name. Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel. Birth. 2 Jul 1903. Mayfair, City of Westminster, Greater London, England. Death. 9 Oct 1995 (aged 92) Coldstream, Scottish Borders, Scotland.
16 de nov. de 2019 · Elizabeth appoints family friend Alec Douglas-Home as prime minister, which is not something that pleases her subjects very much. By the episodes end we’ve reached 1964 and the queen has gives ...
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 ...
In post-war politics Alec Douglas-Home is often seen as the Bonar Law of his times, bracketed with his fellow Scot as an interim figure in the history of Downing Street between longer-serving premiers: in Bonar Law’s case, Lloyd George and Stanley Baldwin; in Home’s, Harold Macmillan and Harold Wilson.
Alec Douglas-Home. Alec Douglas-Home, the son of the 13th Earl of Home, was born in London on 2nd July, 1903. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he joined the Conservative Party and was elected to the House of Commons in the 1931 General Election. Douglas-Home served as parliamentary private secretary to Neville Chamberlain and was ...
21 de dez. de 2011 · Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home, Baron, 1903-Publication date 1976 Topics Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home, Baron, 1903-, Prime ministers Publisher
1 de out. de 1976 · Alec Douglas-Home always seemed like a dry, dull, anachronism, but his autobiography apparently sold very well, so I wondered whether he had some hidden depths behind that tweedy facade. Unfortunately, it was not the case--he's dull as dirt, and even though his book is much shorter than the autobiographies of many other past prime ministers, it still feels as though it takes an eternity to finish.
