Lord Home of the Hirsel
E333937
British politician
Conservative Party politician
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
life peer
member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
member of the House of Lords
statesman
Lord Home of the Hirsel, better known as Alec Douglas-Home, was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in the early 1960s and later became a prominent statesman in foreign and Commonwealth affairs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Home of the Hirsel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3178493 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Home of the Hirsel Context triple: [Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, officeHoldersInclude, Lord Home of the Hirsel]
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A.
Lord Haddo
Lord Haddo is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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B.
Baron Drummond of Stobhall
Baron Drummond of Stobhall is a British peerage title created for diplomat Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations.
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C.
Lord Morton
Lord Morton is a noble title in the Peerage of Scotland historically associated with the Earls of Morton and the Douglas family.
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D.
Howe of Fife
Howe of Fife is a broad, fertile valley in central Fife, Scotland, known for its agricultural landscape and rural settlements.
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E.
Lord Gordon of Haddo
Lord Gordon of Haddo is a courtesy title historically used by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lord Home of the Hirsel Target entity description: Lord Home of the Hirsel, better known as Alec Douglas-Home, was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in the early 1960s and later became a prominent statesman in foreign and Commonwealth affairs.
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A.
Lord Haddo
Lord Haddo is a courtesy title traditionally borne by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
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B.
Baron Drummond of Stobhall
Baron Drummond of Stobhall is a British peerage title created for diplomat Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations.
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C.
Lord Morton
Lord Morton is a noble title in the Peerage of Scotland historically associated with the Earls of Morton and the Douglas family.
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D.
Howe of Fife
Howe of Fife is a broad, fertile valley in central Fife, Scotland, known for its agricultural landscape and rural settlements.
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E.
Lord Gordon of Haddo
Lord Gordon of Haddo is a courtesy title historically used by the heir apparent to the Earl of Aberdeen in the Scottish peerage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Conservative Party politician ⓘ Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ human ⓘ life peer ⓘ member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alec Douglas-Home
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Alec Douglas-Home ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
The Lord Home of the Hirsel ⓘ |
| birthName |
Alec Douglas-Home
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home
|
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| dateOfBirth | 1903-07-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1995-10-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Christ Church, Oxford
ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alec Douglas-Home
ⓘ
surface form:
Douglas-Home
|
| fieldOfWork |
Commonwealth relations
ⓘ
foreign affairs ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| genre | political memoir ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alec
ⓘ
Alexander ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix |
FRS
ⓘ
KT ⓘ PC ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading British foreign and Commonwealth policy in the 1960s and 1970s
ⓘ
serving as UK Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm | Elizabeth II ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
14th Earl of Home
ⓘ
Baron Home of the Hirsel ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Way the Wind Blows ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| officeContested | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Second World War (as a territorial army officer and politician) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Mayfair ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Coldstream
ⓘ
Scottish Borders ⓘ The Hirsel ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First Lord of the Treasury
ⓘ
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 ⓘ Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form:
Minister of Defence (United Kingdom)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ⓘ Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
life peer in the House of Lords ⓘ member of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| precededByAsPrimeMinister | Harold Macmillan ⓘ |
| primeMinisterTermEnd | 1964-10-16 ⓘ |
| primeMinisterTermStart | 1963-10-19 ⓘ |
| religion | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| residence |
Coldstream
ⓘ
The Hirsel ⓘ |
| spouse | Elizabeth Alington ⓘ |
| succeededByAsPrimeMinister | Harold Wilson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lord Home of the Hirsel Description of subject: Lord Home of the Hirsel, better known as Alec Douglas-Home, was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in the early 1960s and later became a prominent statesman in foreign and Commonwealth affairs.
Referenced by (1)
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