David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home


David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home, is a British businessman and Conservative politician.

Background and education

Home is the only son of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home and British Prime Minister and later Lord Home of the Hirsel, and Elizabeth Alington, daughter of Cyril Alington. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Political career

Home succeeded to his father's disclaimed earldom after his death in October 1995. When the hereditary peers of the House of Lords were reduced under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected as one of the 92 that were allowed to remain. He sits as a Conservative, having served some time on the Conservative front bench.
Apart from his political career Lord Home was, until 2013, Chairman of the private bank Coutts & Co.. He is also the current President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation and Chief of the Name and Arms of Home.
Home was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Thistle in the 2014 New Year Honours.

Family

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne, of the Williams-Wynn baronet family. They have three children: