Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (; 24 October 1929 – 25 December 2012) was an English peer.

Early life

Lady Dacre was a daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th

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and 26th

Baron Dacre Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, each time by Hereditary peer#Writs of summons, writ. History The first creation came in 1321, when Ralph Dacre, 1st Baron Dacre, Ralph Dacre was Hereditary peer# ...

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

Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet Venerable Order of Saint John, KGStJ, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (11 August 1833 – 16 April 1915) was a British industrialist and politician. Seely was Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party Member of Parliament ( ...

, and a great-great-granddaughter of

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. She was also a great-granddaughter of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and through him a direct descendant of

Charles II of England Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and King of Ireland, Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest su ...

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

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, third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, 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) in t ...

, better known as

Sir Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel ( ; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative ...

, former

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. They were third cousins, due to their common descent from James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. 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. *

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Sarah Douglas-Home (b. 4 July 1954), married in 1977 Nicholas Dent and has

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. *

Gian Leila Douglas-Home (b. 23 June 1958). *

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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