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Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
Summary
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, (29 December 1873 – 11 July 1951), styled Lord Dunglass between 1881 and 1918, was a British peer and banker. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1930 to 1951. He was the father of a British prime minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
Life and career
He was born on 29 December 1873, the only son of Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home, and Maria Grey, the daughter of Captain Charles Conrad Grey, RN (and great-niece of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey). Styled Lord Dunglass, he was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford. He subsequently served as an officer in the 3rd and 4th Battalions, the Cameronians and as Colonel in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He fought in the First World War, where he took part in the Gallipoli Campaign and was mentioned in dispatches. He succeeded to his father's earldom and subsidiary titles on 30 April 1918. He was the Governo
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