Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (

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Brand, 24 October 1929 – 25 December 2012) was an English peer.

Early life

Lady Dacre was a daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th

Viscount Hampden Viscount Hampden is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain when the diplomat and politician Robert Hampde ...

and 26th

Baron Dacre Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, every time by writ. History The first creation came in 1321 when Ralph Dacre was summoned to Parliament as Lord Dacre. He married Margaret, 2nd Baroness Mult ...

, and his wife, Leila Emily Seely, a granddaughter of

Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet KGStJ, DL (11 August 1833 – 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician. Seely was Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham from 1869 to 1874 and 1880 to 1885, and for Nott ...

, and a great-great-granddaughter of

John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, (6 July 1766 – 20 October 1839), known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician who notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents. He was the fathe ...

. She was also a great-granddaughter of

William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and 8th Duke of Queensberry, (9 September 1831 – 5 November 1914) was a Scottish Member of Parliament and peer. He was the paternal grandfather of Princess Alice, Duchess ...

and through him a direct descendant of

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Peerage

The ancient English barony, created by

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, fell into

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between her and her younger surviving sister (

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Mrs Ogilvie Thompson) upon her father's death in 1965 and was called out of abeyance in 1970 in favour of

Mrs Douglas-Home, whilst the Hampden viscountcy passed to her uncle.

Personal life

She married on 26 July 1951

William Douglas-Home William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lili ...

, third son of

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. H ...

, and a younger brother of the 14th

Earl of Home Earl of Home ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home of that Ilk, 6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds, among others, the subsidiary titles of Lord Home (created 1473), and Lord Dunglass (1605), i ...

, better known as

Sir Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conse ...

, former

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. They were third cousins, due to their common descent from

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, (21 January 1811 – 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and The Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of I ...

. Dacre and her husband lived in Hampshire, and had four children: *James Thomas Archibald Douglas-Home, 28th

(16 May 1952 – 8 May 2014), who married in 1979 Christine Stephenson. On his death, their only child, Emily (b. 7 Feb 1983), became 29th Baroness Dacre. * The Hon. Sarah Douglas-Home (b. 4 July 1954), married in 1977 Nicholas Dent and has

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. * The Hon. Gian Leila Douglas-Home (b. 23 June 1958). * The Hon. Dinah Lilian Douglas-Home (b. 22 Jan 1964), married in 1989 Harry Marriott and has

. Her husband died in 1992. Dacre herself died on 25 December 2012 and was succeeded by her son James, who became the 28th Baron Dacre. All of her children, and their descendants, are in remainder to the Dacre barony.

Sources

External links

www.burkespeerage.com

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