Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
Hereditary peerage | |
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Preceded by | The 12th Earl of Home |
Succeeded by | The 14th Earl of Home |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home 29 December 1873 |
Died | 11 July 1951 The Hirsel near Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland | (aged 77)
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Lady Lillian Lambton (m. 1902) |
Children | 7, including Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Occupation | Banker |
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home,
Life and career
He was born on 29 December 1873, the only son of
Estates
In 1918, he inherited extensive property and estates from his father, including Douglas Castle, Bothwell Castle, The Hirsel and lands (which totalled some 107,000 acres in 1878) chiefly in Lanarkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire.[4] The following year, he was forced to sell many historic pictures and art treasures from the family collection to settle death duties. Many of the portraits had come from the famous collection of the Earl of Clarendon[5] inherited through Lady Catherine Hyde, daughter of the 4th Earl of Clarendon and wife of the 3rd Duke of Queensberry, and the English and foreign silver was considered to be one of the most important collections to come into the market for some years.[6]
Marriage and children
On 14 July 1902 at St Margaret's, Westminster, he married Lady Lillian Lambton (8 December 1881 – 26 September 1966), daughter of Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham.[7] The marriage is held to have been a happy one, and the couple had seven children:
- Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home, later Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1963–1964).
- Lady Bridget Douglas-Home (4 May 1905 – 1980).
- Henry Montagu Douglas-Home (1907–1980), married three times. Firstly, Lady Margaret Spencer, daughter of the 6th Earl Spencer) and had issue, including the journalist Charles Douglas-Home; secondly, Vera Johanson and had issue; thirdly, Felicity Jonsson and had issue.
- Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (10 April 1910 – 4 April 1996), married Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scottand had issue.
- William Douglas-Home (1912–1992), married Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacreand had issue.
- Edward Charles Douglas-Home (1 March 1920 – 17 February 2006), married Nancy Straker-Smith and had issue.
- George Cospatrick Douglas-Home (1922–14 June 1943), killed on active service as a Pilot Officer in the RAF, unmarried.
References
- ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 482.
- ^ "No. 27439". The London Gazette. 3 June 1902. p. 3611.
- ^ The Peerage, retrieved 10 January 2016
- ^ John Bateman (1878), The Great Land Owners of Great Britain and Ireland, London, Harrison and Sons
- ^ Catalogue of portraits in the Collection of the Earl of Clarendon, Robin Gibson, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1977
- ^ The Times, London, 13 July 1951, page 6, obituary
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36820. London. 15 July 1902. p. 10.
Work cited
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )