Elizabeth Douglas-Home

Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel (née Alington; 6 November 1909 – 13 September 1990) was the wife of British politician and Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home.


The Lady Home of the Hirsel
As the Countess of Home in 1963
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In role
19 October 1963  16 October 1964
Prime MinisterAlec Douglas-Home
Preceded byLady Dorothy Macmillan
Succeeded byMary Wilson
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Hester Alington

(1909-11-06)6 November 1909
Died3 September 1990(1990-09-03) (aged 80)
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
(m. 1936)
Relations

Biography

She was born Elizabeth Alington,[1] the second daughter of the Very Rev Cyril Alington[2]—headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College respectively, as well as chaplain to King George V[2]—and his wife, Hester Margaret Lyttelton, daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton.[2] Elizabeth was the first woman to become a fellow (governor) of Eton.

She married Alec Douglas-Home on 3 October 1936.[1] Thanks to her husband acquiring and renouncing various titles she had, according to The Guinness Book of Records, more names successively in her lifetime than any other once-married, British-only woman.[3]

She died on 3 September 1990 at the age of 80.[4] Her husband outlived her by just over five years.[5] They had been married for 53 years.

References

  1. Hurd 2004, under "Marriage and the Second World War".
  2. Card 2004.
  3. Guinness Book of Records 1985.
  4. "Confirmation of birthname". RootsWeb. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. Hurd 2004, under "Retirement".

Bibliography

Unofficial roles
Preceded by
Lady Dorothy Macmillan
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1963–1964
Succeeded by
Mary Wilson
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