Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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In office 4 July 1881 – 30 April 1918 Hereditary peerage | |
Preceded by | The 11th Earl of Home |
Succeeded by | The 13th Earl of Home |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Alexander Home 11 April 1834 |
Died | 30 April 1918 |
Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home,
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).[2] 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.[3] In 1877, his name was legally changed to Charles Alexander Douglas-Home by Royal Licence. He inherited his father's titles and Berwickshire estate at The Hirsel in 1881.
Offices
He held the office of
Family
Lord Home married Maria Grey, the daughter of Captain Charles Conrad Grey, RN (and great-niece of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey) on 18 August 1870. They had five children:[4]
- Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (1873–1951)
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Margaret Douglas-Home (died 1951), married Richard Meade, Lord Gillford, eldest son of 4th Earl of Clanwilliam.
- Lady Issobel Charlotte Douglas-Home (died 1934) unmarried.
- Lady Beatrix Douglas-Home (died 1940), married Sir Henry Dundas, 3rd Baronet of Arniston.
- Lady Margaret Jane Douglas-Home (died 1955), married Reginald Walsh, 5th Baron Ormathwaite.
Labrador Retrievers
During the 1880s, Lord Home along with his cousin the 6th Duke of Buccleuch and the 3rd Earl of Malmesbury collaborated to develop and establish the modern breed of Labrador Retriever, by interbreeding lines originally imported by their respective families from Newfoundland in the 1830s. The resulting offspring are considered to be the ancestors of modern Labradors.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ London Gazette issue 26020 4 February 1890[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Peerage, retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ John Bateman (1878), The Great Land Owners of Great Britain and Ireland, London, Harrison and Sons.
- ^ The Peerage, retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ^ "The Buccleuch Labrador". The Buccleuch Estates Limited. 2003. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
- ^ Article written for The Field, May 30th 1896, 'Labrador Dogs', by John S Kerss.
- ^ Miller, Liza Lee; Cindy Tittle Moore (7 January 2004). "FAQ Labrador Retrievers". Puget Sound Labrador Rescue. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.