David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

The Right Honourable The Earl of Home CVO, CBE
Member of the House of Lords
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 October 1995
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	The Earl of Home
Personal details
Born	20 November 1943 (1943-11-20) (age 67) Westminster, London United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne
Relations	The Lord Home of the Hirsel (father)
Children	2 daughters, 1 son
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, CVO, CBE (born 20 November 1943) is a Scottish peer, the only son of former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he is an hereditary peer who was elected as a member of the House of Lords when the Hereditary peers were reduced to 92 under the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench. He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.

He is Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co. In addition, he also serves as Chairman of the Grosvenor Group.

Lord Home is also Chief of the Name and Arms of Home and heir general to the House of Douglas.

Family

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to the former Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (b. 1949), of the Williams-Wynn Baronets. They have three children:^[1]

1. The Lady Iona Katherine Douglas-Home (b. 1980), married the Hon. James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt (b. 1979), son and heir of the 9th Viscount Lifford, on 5 April 2008
2. The Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas-Home (b. 1982)
3. Michael David Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass (b. 1987), heir apparent to the title.

Notes

1. ^ Theroff (2007). "Descendants of King James VI & I" updated November 2007.

External links

• 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.

Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Alec Douglas-Home (disclaimed in 1963)	Earl of Home 1995—	Incumbent Heir: Michael Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass

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Name	Home, David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl Of
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