The 11th Earl and Countess of Home (seated) at the marriage of their son Lord Dunglass, Douglas Castle, 1870
The most famous recent holder of the title was the 14th Earl, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, better known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home. After the unexpected resignation of Harold Macmillan, the 14th Earl was named Prime Minister by the monarch. For the first time in over sixty years, a sitting Prime Minister was a member of the House of Lords rather than of the House of Commons. Because he believed that it was impractical and unconventional to remain a member of the Lords, the Earl disclaimed his peerages on 23 October 1963 under the Peerage Act passed in the same year.[1] He then contested the House of Commons seat of Kinross and Western Perthshire by standing in the 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election. The seat had been vacated by the death of the previous Member of Parliament, Gilmour Leburn. As of 2022[update] the titles are held by the 16th Earl, who succeeded in that year.
The Earls of Home descend in the male line from Cospatric I (died after 1073), the Anglo-Danish Earl of Northumbria. His descendant William de Home (son of Sir Patrick de Greenlaw, the second son of Cospatric III, Earl of Lothian), adopted the surname following his acquisition of the lands of Home in Berwickshire during the early 13th century, through his marriage to his second cousin Ada (the daughter of Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar).[2] William's arms featured the silver lion of Dunbar but with a green field instead of a red field, in reference to his lands of Greenlaw.[3]
Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home, was born on 30 November 1987, the only son of the 15th Earl and his wife Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne. He has two older sisters, Lady Iona Katherine (born 1980) and Lady Mary Elizabeth (born 1982), and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1997 to 2000.[4]
Styled as Lord Dunglass between 1995 and 2022, in 2017 he married Sally Antoinette Underhill, a daughter of Group Captain Gregory B. P. Underhill.[5] On 22 August 2022 he succeeded to the peerages and to the estate of The Hirsel.[6]
There is no heir apparent. The heir presumptive is the present earl's second cousin, Alexander Sholto Douglas-Home (born 1962), a great-grandson of the 13th earl.[4]
Line of succession, simplified)
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (1873–1951)
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home (1903–1995); 14th Earl of Home: 1951–1963, when peerage disclaimed; made life peer as "Baron Home of the Hirsel" in 1974.
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (1943–2022)
Michael Douglas-Home, 16th Earl of Home (born 1987)
1st, on a cap of maintenance proper, a lion’s head erased argent (Home); 2nd, on a cap of maintenance proper, a salamander vert, encircled with flames of fire proper (Douglas).
Escutcheon
Quarterly: 1st and 4th grand quarters counter-quartered, 1st and 4th vert, a lion rampant argent, armed and langued gules (Home); 2nd and 3rd argent, three popinjays vert, beaked and membered gules (Pepdie of Dunglas); overall an escutcheon or, charged with an orle azure (Landale); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters counter-quartered, 1st azure, a lion rampant argent, armed and langued gules, crowned with an imperial crown or (Lordship of Galloway); 2nd or, a lion rampant gules, armed and langued azure, debruised of a ribbon sable (Abernethy); 3rd argent, three piles gules (Lordship of Brechin); 4th or, a fesse checky azure and argent, surmounted of a bend sable, charged with three buckles of the field (Stewart of Bonkill); overall on an escutcheon argent, a man's heart, ensigned with an imperial crown proper, and a chief azure, charged with three mullets of the field (Douglas).
Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, Fleet street, London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 483.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
Mosley, Charles (editor). (1999). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition
Charles Kidd & David Williamson, editors. (2003). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage. Macmillan, London[page needed]
External linksEdit
Official Clan Home Association website
October 16, 2023
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Lord Home redirects here For the British prime minister who disclaimed this title see Alec Douglas Home Earl of Home ˈ h juː m HEWM is a title in the Peerage of Scotland It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home of that Ilk 6th Lord Home The Earl of Home holds among others the subsidiary titles of Lord Home created 1473 and Lord Dunglass 1605 in the Peerage of Scotland and Baron Douglas of Douglas in the County of Lanark 1875 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Various Earls of Home have also claimed the title of Lord Hume of Berwick The Earl is also Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas citation needed The title of Lord Dunglass is used as a courtesy title by the eldest son of the Earl Earldom of HomeCoat of arms of the Earl of HomeCreation date1605PeeragePeerage of ScotlandFirst holderAlexander Home 6th Lord HomePresent holderMichael Douglas Home 16th Earl of HomeHeir presumptiveAlexander Sholto Douglas HomeSubsidiary titlesLord HomeLord DunglassBaron DouglasSeat s The HirselCastlemainsFormer seat s Dunglass Castle Hume Castle Fast Castle Bothwell CastleThe 11th Earl and Countess of Home seated at the marriage of their son Lord Dunglass Douglas Castle 1870The most famous recent holder of the title was the 14th Earl Alexander Frederick Douglas Home better known as Sir Alec Douglas Home After the unexpected resignation of Harold Macmillan the 14th Earl was named Prime Minister by the monarch For the first time in over sixty years a sitting Prime Minister was a member of the House of Lords rather than of the House of Commons Because he believed that it was impractical and unconventional to remain a member of the Lords the Earl disclaimed his peerages on 23 October 1963 under the Peerage Act passed in the same year 1 He then contested the House of Commons seat of Kinross and Western Perthshire by standing in the 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by election The seat had been vacated by the death of the previous Member of Parliament Gilmour Leburn As of 2022 update the titles are held by the 16th Earl who succeeded in that year The family seats are The Hirsel near Coldstream Berwickshire and Castlemains near Douglas South Lanarkshire Former seats include Douglas Castle mostly demolished Dunglass Castle demolished Tantallon Castle ruined and Bothwell Castle in the care of the state Contents 1 Origins 2 Lords Home 1473 3 Earls of Home 1605 4 Present Earl 5 Arms 6 See also 7 References 7 1 Works cited 8 External linksOrigins EditThe Earls of Home descend in the male line from Cospatric I died after 1073 the Anglo Danish Earl of Northumbria His descendant William de Home son of Sir Patrick de Greenlaw the second son of Cospatric III Earl of Lothian adopted the surname following his acquisition of the lands of Home in Berwickshire during the early 13th century through his marriage to his second cousin Ada the daughter of Patrick I Earl of Dunbar 2 William s arms featured the silver lion of Dunbar but with a green field instead of a red field in reference to his lands of Greenlaw 3 Lords Home 1473 EditAlexander Home 1st Lord Home died 1490 Alexander Home 2nd Lord Home died 1506 Alexander Home 3rd Lord Home died 1516 George Home 4th Lord Home died 1549 Alexander Home 5th Lord Home died 1575 Alexander Home 6th Lord Home c 1566 1619 created Earl of Home in 1605 Earls of Home 1605 EditAlexander Home 1st Earl of Home c 1566 1619 James Home 2nd Earl of Home died 1633 James Home 3rd Earl of Home c 1615 1666 Alexander Home 4th Earl of Home died 1674 James Home 5th Earl of Home died 1687 Charles Home 6th Earl of Home died 1706 Alexander Home 7th Earl of Home died 1720 William Home 8th Earl of Home died 1761 Alexander Home 9th Earl of Home died 1786 Alexander Home 10th Earl of Home 1769 1841 Cospatrick Alexander Home 11th Earl of Home 1799 1881 created Baron Douglas in 1875 Charles Alexander Douglas Home 12th Earl of Home 1834 1918 Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas Home 13th Earl of Home 1873 1951 Alexander Frederick Douglas Home 14th Earl of Home 1903 1995 disclaimed 1963 created Baron Home of the Hirsel in 1974 David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas Home 15th Earl of Home 1943 2022 Michael David Alexander Douglas Home 16th Earl of Home born 1987 Present Earl EditMichael David Alexander Douglas Home 16th Earl of Home was born on 30 November 1987 the only son of the 15th Earl and his wife Jane Margaret Williams Wynne He has two older sisters Lady Iona Katherine born 1980 and Lady Mary Elizabeth born 1982 and was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1997 to 2000 4 Styled as Lord Dunglass between 1995 and 2022 in 2017 he married Sally Antoinette Underhill a daughter of Group Captain Gregory B P Underhill 5 On 22 August 2022 he succeeded to the peerages and to the estate of The Hirsel 6 There is no heir apparent The heir presumptive is the present earl s second cousin Alexander Sholto Douglas Home born 1962 a great grandson of the 13th earl 4 Line of succession simplified nbsp Charles Douglas Home 13th Earl of Home 1873 1951 nbsp nbsp Alexander Frederick Douglas Home 1903 1995 14th Earl of Home 1951 1963 when peerage disclaimed made life peer as Baron Home of the Hirsel in 1974 nbsp David Douglas Home 15th Earl of Home 1943 2022 nbsp Michael Douglas Home 16th Earl of Home born 1987 Hon Henry Montagu Douglas Home 1907 1980 7 Cecil Robin Douglas Home 1932 1968 7 1 Alexander Sholto Douglas Home born 1962 7 2 Louis Robin Douglas Home born 1999 7 Charles Cospatrick Douglas Home 1937 1985 7 3 Tara John Douglas Home born 1969 7 4 Nicholas Charles Aernout Douglas Home born 2002 7 5 Luke Cospatrick Douglas Home born 1971 7 There are further male descendants of the younger sons of the 13th Earl in the line of succession 7 8 Arms EditCoat of arms of the Earl of Home nbsp Notes Arms of the 12th and later Earls with the collar of the Order of the Thistle for the 12th to 15th Earls Coronet The coronet of an Earl Crest 1st on a cap of maintenance proper a lion s head erased argent Home 2nd on a cap of maintenance proper a salamander vert encircled with flames of fire proper Douglas Escutcheon Quarterly 1st and 4th grand quarters counter quartered 1st and 4th vert a lion rampant argent armed and langued gules Home 2nd and 3rd argent three popinjays vert beaked and membered gules Pepdie of Dunglas overall an escutcheon or charged with an orle azure Landale 2nd and 3rd grand quarters counter quartered 1st azure a lion rampant argent armed and langued gules crowned with an imperial crown or Lordship of Galloway 2nd or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure debruised of a ribbon sable Abernethy 3rd argent three piles gules Lordship of Brechin 4th or a fesse checky azure and argent surmounted of a bend sable charged with three buckles of the field Stewart of Bonkill overall on an escutcheon argent a man s heart ensigned with an imperial crown proper and a chief azure charged with three mullets of the field Douglas Supporters Two lions argent armed and langued gules Motto True to the end 9 See also EditClan Home Clan DouglasReferences EditThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Earl of Home news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message No 43143 The London Gazette 25 October 1963 p 8770 Nisbet Alexander 1816 A System of Heraldry William Blackwood p 270 Nisbet Alexander 1816 A System of Heraldry William Blackwood p 270 a b Burke s Peerage volume 2 2003 p 1948 Miss S A Underhill and Lord Dunglass in Engagements The Daily Telegraph 27 May 2016 The Earl of Home obituary The Times 5 September 2022 accessed 7 January 2023 subscription required a b c d e f g h i Morris Susan Bosberry Scott Wendy Belfield Gervase eds 2019 Home Earl of Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage Vol 1 150th ed London Debrett s Ltd pp 1859 1863 ISBN 978 1 999767 0 5 1 Mosley Charles ed 1999 Home Earl of Burke s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage Vol 1 106th ed Crans Switzerland Burke s Peerage Genealogical Books Ltd pp 1433 1434 ISBN 2 940085 02 1 Hesilrige 1921 p 483 Works cited Edit Hesilrige Arthur G M 1921 Debrett s Peerage and Titles of courtesy 160A Fleet street London UK Dean amp Son p 483 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location link Mosley Charles editor 1999 Burke s Peerage amp Baronetage 106th edition Charles Kidd amp David Williamson editors 2003 Debrett s Peerage amp Baronetage Macmillan London page needed External links EditOfficial Clan Home Association website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Earl of Home amp oldid 1168480841, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
