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Douglas-Home, Sir Alec

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Douglas-Home, Sir Alec ( Alexander Frederick) (1903–95) British statesman, prime minister (1963–64). He entered Parliament in 1931, and served as parliamentary 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 cabinet posts, including foreign secretary (1960–63). Douglas-Home renounced his peerage to succeed Harold Macmillan as Conservative prime minister. He was also foreign secretary (1970–74) under Ted Heath.

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