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Charles Douglas-Home (other)
Charles Douglas-Home may refer to: * Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home (1834–1918) *Charles Douglas-Home (journalist) Charles Cospatrick Douglas-Home (1 September 1937 – 29 October 1985) was a Scottish journalist who served as editor of ''The Times'' from 1982 until his death. Douglas-Home was the younger son of the Honourable Henry Douglas-Home (from h ... (1937–1985), Scottish journalist * Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (1873–1951) See also * Charles Douglas (other) {{human name disambiguation, Douglas-Home, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl Of Home
Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home, (11 April 1834 – 30 April 1918), styled Lord Dunglass between 1841 and 1881, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1879 to 1880 and Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire from 1890 to 1915. Background Home was born at The Hirsel near Coldstream, the son of Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home, and Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Montagu-Scott, daughter of Henry, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton, and his wife, Hon. Jane Douglas (the daughter of Archibald, 1st Baron Douglas). He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1877, he inherited the extensive Douglas and Angus estates from his mother. These included Douglas Castle, Bothwell Castle, and lands totalling some 104,000 acres, chiefly in Lanarkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire. In 1877, his name was legally changed to Charles Alexander Douglas-Home by Royal Licence. He inherited his father's titles and Berwickshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Douglas-Home (journalist)
Charles Cospatrick Douglas-Home (1 September 1937 – 29 October 1985) was a Scottish journalist who served as editor of ''The Times'' from 1982 until his death. Douglas-Home was the younger son of the Honourable Henry Douglas-Home (from his first marriage to Lady Margaret Spencer) and a nephew of the former British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home. Born in London, he was educated at Eton College (where he was a King's Scholar) and then went into the British Army in 1956 in the Royal Scots Greys. On leaving the Army he spent nine months in Canada, supporting himself by selling books and encyclopaedias. He then served as aide-de-camp to Sir Evelyn Baring who was Governor of Kenya, at the height of the Mau Mau insurgency. During that year (1958–9) Douglas-Home found his taste for international politics. He later wrote the biography ''Evelyn Baring: the Last Proconsul'' (1978).Howard, Philip"Home, Charles Cospatrick Douglas- (1937–1985)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl Of Home
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, (29 December 1873 – 11 July 1951), styled Lord Dunglass between 1881 and 1918, was a British peer and banker. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1930 to 1951. He was the father of British prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home. Life He was born on 29 December 1873, the only son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home and Maria Grey, the daughter of Captain Charles Conrad Grey, RN (and great-niece of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey). Styled Lord Dunglass, he was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford. He subsequently served as an officer in the 3rd and 4th Battalions, the Cameronians and as Colonel in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He fought in the First World War, where he took part in the Gallipoli Campaign and was mentioned in dispatches. He succeeded to his father's earldom and subsidiary titles on 30 April 1918. He was the Governor of the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
