Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home

Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home

Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home KT (29 December 1873 – 11 July 1951) was the father of British Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home.

Charles was born in 1873, the son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home. On 14 July 1902, he married Lady Lillian Lambton, daughter of the 4th Earl of Durham and they had seven children:

  • Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home, later Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995)
  • Lady Bridget Douglas-Home (4 May 1905 – 1980)
  • Hon. Henry Montagu Douglas-Home (1907–1980), married (1) Lady Alexandra Spencer (daughter of the 6th Earl Spencer) and had issue; (2) Vera Johanson and had issue; (3) Felicity Jonsson and had issue.
  • Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (10 April 1910 – 4 April 1996), married Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch) and had issue.
  • Hon. William Douglas-Home (1912–1992), married Hon. Rachel Brand and had issue.
  • Edward Charles Douglas-Home (1 March 1920 – 17 February 2006), married Nancy Straker-Smith and had issue.
  • George Cospatrick Douglas-Home (1922–14 June 1943), killed on active service as a Pilot Officer in the RAF, unmarried.

He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1930.

Honorary titles
Preceded by
Charles Hope
Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire
1930–1951
Succeeded by
The Earl of Haddington
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Charles Douglas-Home
Earl of Home
1918–1951
Succeeded by
Alexander Douglas-Home
(disclaimed in 1963)



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