Nationality British Name David 15th | Role Businessman | |
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Spouse Margaret Williams (m. 1972) Parents Alec Douglas-Home, Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel Grandparents Lady Lilian Lambton, Charles Douglas-Home Uncles William Douglas-Home |
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician.
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Background and education
Home is the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home and British Prime Minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
Political career
Home succeeded to his father's disclaimed earldom on his death in October 1995. When the hereditary peers of the House of Lords were reduced under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected as one of the 92 that were allowed to remain. He sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench.
Apart from his political career Lord Home was, until 2013, Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. and remains Chairman of the Grosvenor Group. He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas.
Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle (KT) in the 2014 New Year Honours.
Family
Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (20 February 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children: