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Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home (1903–95) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...0Lord Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home 1903 – 95 British Conservative statesman , Prime Minister 1963–4 As far as the fourteenth earl is concerned, I suppose Mr Wilson, when you come to think of it, is the fourteenth Mr Wilson. replying to Harold wilson 's remark (on Home's becoming leader of the Conservative party) that ‘the whole [ democratic ] process has ground to a halt with a fourteenth Earl’ in Daily Telegraph 22 October 1963 As far as the fourteenth earl fourteenth Mr...
Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home (1903–95) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3 ed.)
...0AlecDouglas-Home,Lord Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home 1903 – 95 British Conservative statesman , who as Earl of Home became Prime Minister in 1963 on the resignation of Harold macmillan ( see macleod ); he subsequently disclaimed his hereditary title When I have to read economic documents I have to have a box of matches and start moving them into position to simplify and illustrate the points to myself. in Observer 16 September 1962 when I read economic documents have a box of matches As far as the fourteenth earl is concerned, I suppose Mr...
Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home (1903–95) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (4 ed.)
...0AlecDouglas-Home,Lord Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home 1903 – 95 British Conservative statesman ; Prime Minister, 1963–4 . On Home: see connolly Oh, they must find someone else, once they get away from this Blackpool hot-house. Even if they can't agree on Rab or Quintin there must be someone else. But please, please, not me! to James Margach during the Conservative Party Conference, October 1963; James Margach The Abuse of Power (1978) this Blackpool hot-house this Blackpool hothouse When I have to read economic documents I have to have a box of...
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Douglas-Home, Sir Alec (1903–95) Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
...-Home, Sir Alec ( Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home ) ( 1903–95 ) British statesman , prime minister ( 1963–64 ). He entered Parliament in 1931 , and served as private secretary ( 1937–39 ) to Neville Chamberlain . He joined the House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel ( 1951 ), and had a succession of posts, including foreign secretary ( 1960–63 ). He renounced his peerage to succeed Harold Macmillan as prime minister. He was also foreign secretary ( 1970–74 ) under Ted Heath...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
...Second World War, when he introduced the radical Education Act of 1944 . His political career then progressed to Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 1951 ) and Lord Privy Seal ( 1955 ). He was widely expected to succeed Anthony Eden as prime minister in 1957 after the Suez crisis, but Harold Macmillan was chosen and Butler became home secretary. He again narrowly lost the premiership to Alec Douglas-Home in 1963 and was instead appointed foreign secretary. A dedicated Tory leader, Butler was epitomized in political circles as ‘both irreproachable and...
Home, Sir Alec Douglas‐Home, 14th earl of ([S]) Quick reference
A Dictionary of British History (3 ed.)
..., Sir Alec Douglas‐Home, 14th earl of [S] ( 1903–95 ). Prime minister . Douglas‐Home succeeded to the earldom in 1951 but relinquished it in 1963 to re‐enter the Commons as prime minister, in succession to Harold Macmillan . In 1974 he returned to the House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel. He was first elected in 1931 and served as private secretary to Neville Chamberlain ( 1937–40 ), minister of state at the Scottish Office ( 1951–5 ), Commonwealth secretary ( 1955–60 ), and foreign secretary ( 1960–3 ). He also served as deputy leader (...
Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 14th earl of (1903–95) Reference library
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The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
..., Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 14th earl of [S] ( 1903–95 ) . Prime minister. Douglas-Home succeeded to the earldom in 1951 but relinquished it in 1963 to re-enter the Commons as prime minister, in succession to Harold Macmillan . In 1974 he returned to the House of Lords as Lord Home of the Hirsel. He was first elected in 1931 and served as private secretary to Neville Chamberlain ( 1937–40 ), minister of state at the Scottish Office ( 1951–5 ), Commonwealth secretary ( 1955–60 ), and foreign secretary ( 1960–3 ). He also served as deputy leader...
Butler, R(ichard) A(usten), Baron (1902–1982) Quick reference
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
...relative prosperity, to introduce a series of lenient budgets. He was then simultaneously lord privy seal (until 1959 ) and leader of the House of Commons (until 1961 ). His opposition, stated within the party and not publicly, to Anthony Eden 's Suez adventure lost him the leadership in 1957 to Harold Macmillan . He failed again to win the top post in 1963 , when he was defeated by Sir Alec Douglas-Home ( 1903–95 ). He served under both men, first as home secretary ( 1957–62 ), introducing some notable prison reforms, and then as foreign secretary...
