Alec Douglas-Home
Also known as Lord Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Alexander Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964
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Alec Douglas-Home was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for one year, from 1963 to 1964. He matters historically as a significant figure in mid-20th century British politics during a period of change in the country's leadership and governance.
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- “No, because I do my sums with matchsticks.”
- “I suppose, when you come to think of it, he is the fourteenth Mr Wilson.”
- “Now you can see me in the flesh, and I don't really look as I'm made to look on television.”
- “Douglas-Home: Can you not make me look better than I do on television? I look rather scraggy, like a ghost.Make-up girl: No.Douglas-Home: Why not?Make-up girl: Because you have a head like a skull.Douglas-Home: Doesn't everyone have a head like a skull?Make-up girl: No.”
- “In 1940, he was diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis and was immobilised for two years. Afterwards, he said that it was the first time in medical history that they had succeeded in inserting a backbone into a politician.”
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Member of Parliament In office 7 November 1963 – 20 September 1974 Preceded byGilmour Leburn Succeeded byNicholas Fairbairn ConstituencyKinross and Western Perthshire In office 23 February 1950 – 11 July 1951 Preceded byTom Steele Succeeded byPatrick Maitland ConstituencyLanark In office 27 October 1931 – 15 June 1945 Preceded byThomas Dickson Succeeded byTom Steele ConstituencyLanark
Personal details BornAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home (1903-07-02)2 July 1903 Mayfair, London, England
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