Alec Douglas-Home
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| Born | Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home 1903-07-02 28 South Street, Mayfair, London, England |
| Died | 9 October 1995 Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Christ Church (Oxford) |
| Religion | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Parents | Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, Lady Lillian Lambton |
| Children | Caroline Meriel, Diana, David |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Alington |
| Party | Conservative |
UK Prime Minister. Bilderberg chairman. Member of the Other Club | |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, was a UK Conservative Party politician who was UK Prime Minister from October 1963 (the month before JFK was assassinated) to October 1964.
Foreign Secretary
Douglas-Home's first term as Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from 27 July 1960 to 18 October 1963 straddled the death in mysterious circumstances of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in September 1961.[1]
And his second stint as Foreign Secretary under Edward Heath from 20 June 1970 to 4 March 1974 saw Britain's entry to the EEC in 1973.[2]
Bilderberg
Lord Douglas-Home was the second chairman of the Bilderberg conferences from 1977 to 1980.[3] He was succeeded in this role by Walter Scheel.
References
- ↑ “It will be Necessary to find some way of pulling Hammarskjold up short” (Harold Macmillan — UK Prime Minister – 13 September 1961)
- ↑ "1973: Britain joins the EEC"
- ↑ "Twenty-fifth Bilderberg meeting held in St Joseph MO". Facts on File World News Digest. 14 May 1977.