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Earl of Home ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1605 for Alexander Home (of that Ilk ), 6th Lord Home. The Earl of Home holds the subsidiary titles of Lord Home (created 1473), and Lord Dunglass (1605), in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Douglas, of Douglas in the County of Lanark (1875) in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Various Earls of Home have also claimed the title of Lord Hume of Berwick. The Earl is also ''Chief of the Name and Arms of Home'' and ''heir general'' to the House of Douglas. The title ''Lord Dunglass'' is the courtesy title of the eldest son of the Earl. The most famous recent holder of the title was the 14th Earl, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, better known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home. After the unexpected resignation of Harold Macmillan, the 14th Earl was named Prime Minister by the monarch. For the first time in over sixty years, a sitting Prime Minister was a member of the House of Lords rather than of the House of Commons. Because he believed that it was impractical and unconventional to remain a member of the Lords, the Earl disclaimed his peerages on 23 October 1963 under the Peerage Act passed in the same year. He then contested the House of Commons seat of Kinross and Western Perthshire by standing in the Kinross and West Perthshire by-election, 1963. The seat had been vacated by the death of the previous Member of Parliament, Gilmour Leburn. As of 2015 the titles are held by David Douglas-Home, the 15th Earl, who succeeded in 1995. The family seats are The Hirsel, near Coldstream, Berwickshire and Castlemains, near Douglas, South Lanarkshire. ==Lords Home (1473)== *Alexander Home, 1st Lord Home (d. 1490) *Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home (d. 1506) *Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home (d. 1516) *George Home, 4th Lord Home (d. 1549) *Alexander Home, 5th Lord Home (d. 1575) *Alexander Home, 6th Lord Home (c. 1566–1619) (created Earl of Home in 1605) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Earl of Home」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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