Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home
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Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home KT (April 11, 1834–April 30, 1918) was a Scottish peer .
He was born 1834 at the family home of The Hirsel near Coldstream, the son of the Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home, and known as Lord Dunglass until his father's death.
He was Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1879-80, then Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire from 1890.[1]
On August 18, 1870, he married Maria Grey and they had five children:
- Lady Mary Elizabeth Margaret Douglas-Home (d. 1951), married Richard Meade, Lord Gillford, eldest son of 4th Earl of Clanwilliam.
- Lady Issobel Charlotte Douglas-Home (d. 1934), died unmarried.
- Lady Beatrix Douglas-Home (d. 1940), married Henry Dundas, 3rd Baronet.
- Lady Margaret Jane Douglas-Home (d. 1955), married Reginald Walsh, 5th Baron Ormathwaite.
- Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (1873–1951)
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Duke of Roxburghe |
Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1879–1880 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Lauderdale |
| Preceded by Sir Thomas Colebrooke |
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire 1890–1915 |
Succeeded by The Lord Newlands |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Cospatrick Douglas-Home |
Earl of Home 1881–1918 |
Succeeded by Charles Douglas-Home |
