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Douglas-Home

American  
[duhg-luhs-hyoom] / ˈdʌg ləsˈhjum /

noun

  1. Alexander Frederick Baron Home of the Hirsel, 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.


Douglas-Home British  
/ ˈdʌɡləsˈhjuːm /

noun

  1. Sir Alexander. See (Baron Alexander) Home of the Hirsel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He served as special adviser and speechwriter to Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, who was in office from 1963 to 1964, and worked at Conservative Party headquarters.

From Washington Post Apr. 4, 2023

But politics beckoned and in the early 1960s he became a speech writer for then prime minister Alec Douglas-Home.

From Washington Times Apr. 4, 2023

A passing reference to a Private Eye cartoon of Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home situates the crucial action of the novel in the years 1963-64, a fateful era in Britain’s own cultural upheavals.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2018

After the loss of the 1964 election, Alec Douglas-Home remained as MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire and leader of the opposition for a further year before he resigned the latter role.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2016

Alex Douglas-Home, the British foreign secretary, was rumored to be working behind the scenes to help our cause.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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