David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Home KT CVO CBE | |
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 Official portrait of The Earl of Home
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office 9 October 1995 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | Alec Douglas-Home (1963) |
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20 November 1943 Westminster, London United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Williams-Wynne |
| Children | 3 |
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The Lord Home of the Hirsel Elizabeth Alington |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, KT, CVO, CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a British businessman and Conservative politician.
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.
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.
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