14th Earl of Home

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The 14th Earl of Home is a Scottish peerage title most prominently associated with Alec Douglas-Home, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the early 1960s.

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14th Earl of Home canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Scottish peer
human
member of the House of Commons
member of the House of Lords
associatedWithTitle 14th Earl of Home self-linksurface differs
birthDate 1903-07-02
birthPlace Mayfair, London, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdLifePeer 1974
deathDate 1995-10-09
deathPlace The Hirsel, Coldstream, Scotland
surface form: The Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Alec Douglas-Home
surface form: Douglas-Home
father Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
fieldOfStudy Modern History
givenName Alexander
holdsTitle 14th Earl of Home self-linksurface differs
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
mother Lady Lilian Lambton
name Alec Douglas-Home
surface form: Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home
nationality British
notableFor serving as British Prime Minister in the early 1960s
otherTitle Baron Home of the Hirsel
peerage Peerage of Scotland
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK)
positionHeld Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
Leader of the Opposition (UK)
surface form: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)

Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Member of Parliament for Kinross and West Perthshire
Member of Parliament for Lanark
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
precededByAsPrimeMinister Harold Macmillan
reasonForResignationFromPeerage to sit in the House of Commons as Prime Minister
religion Church of Scotland
resignedFromPeerage 1963
spouse Elizabeth Alington
succeededByAsPrimeMinister Harold Wilson
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1964-10-16
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1963-10-19

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Alec Douglas-Home positionHeld 14th Earl of Home
Alec nobleTitle 14th Earl of Home
subject surface form: Alec Douglas-Home
14th Earl of Home holdsTitle 14th Earl of Home self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Alec Douglas-Home
14th Earl of Home associatedWithTitle 14th Earl of Home self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Alec Douglas-Home
Lord Home of the Hirsel nobleTitle 14th Earl of Home