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Elizabeth Douglas-Home

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She died on 3 September 1990 at the age of 80. Her husband outlived her by just over five years. They had been married for nearly 54 years.
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Lady (Lavinia) Caroline Douglas-Home DL (b. 11 Oct 1937), who served as a Lady-in-Waiting to various members of the Royal Family
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on 3 October 1936. Thanks to her husband acquiring and renouncing various titles, she had, according to
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Lady Diana Lucy Douglas-Home (18 Dec 1940 - 22 August 2024), m. James Wolfe Murray
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Lady Meriel Kathleen Douglas-Home (b. 27 Nov 1939), m. Adrian Darby, Bursar of
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She was born Elizabeth Hester Alington, the second daughter of the Very Rev
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The Goldfish Bowl: Married to the Prime Minister 1955–1997
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David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home
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Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel
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The Right Honourable

Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom
Alec Douglas-Home
David, 15th Earl of Home
Cyril Alington
née
Alec Douglas-Home
Cyril Alington
Shrewsbury School
Eton College
chaplain
King George V
George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton
Alec Douglas-Home
The Guinness Book of Records
British-only
Keble College
David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home


Hurd 2004



Card 2004
Guinness Book of Records 1985
"Confirmation of birthname"
RootsWeb
Hurd 2004

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