David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

The Right Honourable The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE
Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 1999 as an excepted hereditary peer
In office 9 October 1995 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer
Personal details
Born	(1943-11-20) 20 November 1943 Westminster, London United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jane née Williams-Wynne
Relations	Lord Home of the Hirsel (father)
Children	Iona, Mary and Michael
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Religion	Anglican

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, KT, CVO, CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician.

Background and education

Eton College

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 coat of arms

Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle (KT) in the 2014 New Year Honours.^[1]

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:^[2]

• Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (born 1980), married the Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979), son and heir of the 9th Viscount Lifford, on 5 April 2008. They have three sons:
  • Harry Alexander Wyldbore Hewitt (9 February 2010)
  • Rory David Wingfield Hewitt (3 February 2012)
  • Nico James Cospatrick Hewitt (15 May 2015)
• Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (born 1982)
• Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (30 November 1987), engaged to Sarah Underhill^[3]

Titles and styles

• The Hon. David Douglas-Home (1943–1951)
• Lord Dunglass (1951–1991)
• Lord Dunglass CBE (1991–1995)
• The Rt Hon. The Earl of Home CBE (1995–1997)
• The Rt Hon. The Earl of Home CVO CBE (1997–2013)
• The Rt Hon. The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE (2014–)

Honours

• Knight of the Thistle (2014)
• Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (1997)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1991)

Ancestry

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Home
• Clan Home Association – Official website
• Theroff, Paul (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated 11 November 2007 in text format, The Theroff Files. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
• www.thepeerage.com
• www.debretts.com

Current members of the Order of the Thistle
The Sovereign	Elizabeth II
Knights and Ladies Companion	The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine The Earl of Airlie The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres Lady Marion Fraser The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden The Lord Mackay of Clashfern The Lord Wilson of Tillyorn The Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Sir Eric Anderson The Lord Steel of Aikwood The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen The Lord Cullen of Whitekirk The Lord Hope of Craighead The Lord Patel The Earl of Home The Lord Smith of Kelvin
Extra Knights	The Duke of Edinburgh The Duke of Rothesay The Princess Royal The Earl of Strathearn
Officers	Iain Torrance (Dean) The Earl of Airlie (Chancellor) Rear Admiral Christopher Hope Layman (Green Rod) Joseph Morrow (King of Arms) Elizabeth Roads (Secretary)