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    The Hirsel is a Category A Listed stately home near Coldstream, Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders council area. It has been a seat of the Earls of Home...
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    Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (/ˈhjuːm/ HEWM; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951...
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    Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel (née Alington; 6 November 1909 – 3 September 1990) was the wife of British politician and prime...
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    by the 16th Earl, who succeeded in that year. The family seats are The Hirsel near Coldstream, Berwickshire, and Castlemains near Douglas, South Lanarkshire...
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    The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland...
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    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...
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    been artificially created: Pressmennan Lake, East Lothian; the Lake of the Hirsel, Berwickshire; Lake Louise (within the grounds of Skibo Castle, Sutherland);...
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    Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy. Leipzig: Reimer & Hirsel.; Lazenby, John Francis (4 February 1998). Hannibal's War: A Military History...
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  • Hirsel on 11 July 1951. In 1918, he inherited extensive property and estates from his father, including Douglas Castle, Bothwell Castle, The Hirsel and...
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    century the body of water was known as the Loch of Menteith. The Lake of the Hirsel, Pressmennan Lake, Lake Louise and Raith Lake are man-made bodies of water...
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    forces of the Netherlands (1944–1945) Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995) 22 April 1977 – 20 April 1980 (2 years, 364 days) United Kingdom...
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    in the Peerage of Scotland. Created as a life peer as Baron Home of the Hirsel, 1974. Created as a life peer as Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, 1970....
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    SC4153 Hirsel Law, Canmore, National Record of the Historic Environment Hirsel Law, Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland, SC4078 Hirsel Law Fort...
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    the town include the marriage house, where weddings were conducted, The Hirsel, which is the family seat of the Earls of Home, and Coldstream Town Hall...
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  • Marylebone". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2024. "The Lord Home of the Hirsel". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2024. "The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone"...
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  • with interventions from James I and Charles I. The house and estate at the Hirsel was part of the lands of Coldstream Priory. William Ker, a younger brother...
    34 KB (4,601 words) - 12:31, 30 September 2024
  • Gaelic) and there are one or two other man-made "lakes", the Lake of the Hirsel being an example. Numerous lochs are called "water", particularly in the...
    91 KB (9,199 words) - 17:55, 13 November 2024
  • (born 1907) 3 September – Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel, socialite and wife of Alec Douglas-Home (born 1909) 5 September Allen Adams...
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  • Thumbnail for List of places in the Scottish Borders
    Castle, Hermitage Water Heugh Head Hillhouse Hillslay Tower Hilton The Hirsel, Hirsel Homestead Museum Hobkirk Holms Water Holylee Hornhole Battle Site Horsburgh...
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    Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron, Lord Cameron...
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