Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
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Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home KT (29 December 1873 – 11 July 1951) was the father of British Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home.
Charles was born in 1873, the son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home. On 14 July 1902, he married Lady Lillian Lambton, daughter of the 4th Earl of Durham and they had seven children:
- Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home, later Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995)
- Lady Bridget Douglas-Home (4 May 1905 – 1980)
- Hon. Henry Montagu Douglas-Home (1907–1980), married (1) Lady Alexandra Spencer (daughter of the 6th Earl Spencer) and had issue; (2) Vera Johanson and had issue; (3) Felicity Jonsson and had issue.
- Lady Rachel Douglas-Home (10 April 1910 – 4 April 1996), married Lord William Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott (son of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch) and had issue.
- Hon. William Douglas-Home (1912–1992), married Hon. Rachel Brand and 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.
He was appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1930.
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Hope |
Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire 1930–1951 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Haddington |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Charles Douglas-Home |
Earl of Home 1918–1951 |
Succeeded by Alexander Douglas-Home (disclaimed in 1963) |
