Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home (11 November 1769 – 21 October 1841), styled Lord Dunglass from 1781 to 1786, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as a

representative peer In the United Kingdom, representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords. Until 1999, all members of the Peerage of England held the right to ...

for Scotland between 1807 and 1841. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the

Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...

militia. He held office as the first

Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire This is a list of people who have served as His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Berwick. List of officeholders * Alexander, Earl of Home 17 March 1794 – 20 October 1841 * James, Earl of Lauderdale 2 November 1841 – 22 August 186 ...

between 1794 and 1841.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

Background

He was the son of the Rev.

Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home The Reverend Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home (died on 8 October 1786) was a Scottish nobleman and clergyman. Background Lord Home was the second surviving son of Alexander Home, 7th Earl of Home and Lady Anne Kerr, the daughter of Lieutenant-Gen ...

, and his third wife, Abigail Brown Ramey. He succeeded to his father's titles and estates on 8 October 1786. He was given the name of Alexander Home at birth, but on 1 March 1814, his name was legally changed to Alexander Ramey-Home by Royal Licence."Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home"
''The Peerage'', 22 Apr 2011

Marriage and issue

On 6 November 1798, he married Lady Elizabeth Scott, daughter of

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry KG FRSE (2 September 174611 January 1812) was a Scottish nobleman and long-time friend of Sir Walter Scott. He is the paternal 3rd great-grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess of G ...

, and Lady Elizabeth Montagu (daughter of

George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu George Montagu, Duke of Montagu KG, PC, FRS (26 July 1712 – 23 May 1790)G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ir ...

). The couple had three sons: *

Cospatrick Alexander Home, 11th Earl of Home Cospatrick Alexander Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home (27 October 1799 – 4 July 1881), styled Lord Dunglass until 1841, was a Scottish diplomat and politician. He served as a representative peer for Scotland. During the premiership of the Duke o ...

(born 27 October 1799, died 4 July 1881) * The Hon. William Montagu Ramey-Home (born 22 November 1800, died 22 July 1822) * The Hon. Henry Campbell Home (born 1801, died an infant)

Labrador Retrievers

In the 1830s, Lord Home (along with his nephews the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and

Lord John Scott Lord John Douglas-Montagu-Scott (13 July 1809 – 3 January 1860) was a 19th-century landlord and MP for Roxburghshire. He was the third son of the 4th Duke of Buccleuch and younger brother to the 5th Duke of Buccleuch. He inherited his residen ...

)Article written for The Field, 30 May 1896, 'Labrador Dogs', by John S Kerss was among the first to import Newfoundland dogs, or Labrador Retrievers as they later became known, for use as gundogs. His dogs are considered to be the progenitors of modern Labradors.

References

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