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-General

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and Lady Jane Campbell. He succeeded to the titles of 14th Lord Home, 9th Lord Dunglass and 9th Earl of Home on the death of his elder brother,

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in 1761.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

Family

Home married firstly, in 1757, Primrose Elphinstone, daughter of Charles, 9th Lord Elphinstone and Elizabeth Primrose. The couple had a son, William, Lord Dunglass, who served as an officer in the

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during the

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, and who died circa 17 March 1781, from wounds received in the

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. Lord Home married secondly, his cousin Marion Home, daughter of Hon. James Home and Zerobabel Haig of

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. He married thirdly, on 10 February 1768, Abigail Browne Ramey, daughter of John Ramey of Yarmouth. The couple had two daughters and a son, Alexander Ramey-Home, who later succeeded to the earldom.

References

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