No, because I do my sums with matchsticks. - Alec Douglas-Home
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About Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British Conservative politician who served one year as Prime Minister after renouncing his hereditary peerage and gaining re-election to the House of Commons. Long service in the governments of the 1950s (including as Foreign Secretary, July 1960–October 1963) led to his emergence as a compromise candidate in the feverish negotiations of 1963, but he narrowly failed to rebuild the Conservatives' popularity sufficiently to win the 1964 general election. He returned as Foreign Secretary in the government of Edward Heath (June 1970–March 1974) and received a life peerage at the end of 1974.
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Lord Home
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home
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Home of the Hirsel
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Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
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Alexander Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
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Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel
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Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel
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Alec Home
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Alexander Home
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Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
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Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass
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Alec Dunglass
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Alexander Dunglass
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Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
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Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
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Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home Baron
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