Data di nascita: 2. Luglio 1903
Data di morte: 9. Ottobre 1995
Lord Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, conte Home of the Hirsel , è stato un politico inglese.
Ha fatto parte del Partito Conservatore.
È stato Primo ministro del Regno Unito dal 19 ottobre 1963 al 16 ottobre 1964, l'ultimo proveniente dalla Camera dei Lord.
— Alec Douglas-Home
"Labour would reject move to postpone M.P.s' return", The Times, 21 October 1963, p. 6.
Harold Wilson speaking at Manchester, 19 October 1963, shortly after Douglas-Home's appointment as Prime Minister.
— Alec Douglas-Home
D.E. Butler and Anthony King, "The British General Election of 1964", p. 147.
Remark frequently made during the 1964 general election campaign.
— Alec Douglas-Home
Michael Cockerell, "Live from Number 10", p. 105.
A story told by Douglas-Home about going on television in the 1964 election.
— Alec Douglas-Home
David Butler and Gareth Butler, "Twentieth Century British Political Facts", p. 292.
Television interview with Kenneth Harris, 21 October 1963, responding to Wilson (see below).
— Alec Douglas-Home
Explore Parliament website, accessed 6 September 2006 http://www.explore-parliament.net/nssMovies/03/0378/0378_.htm
Asked whether he could become Prime Minister in an interview with The Observer in 1962. The comment was taken to refer to his lack of economic ability.
