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'''Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home''', also known as '''Alec Douglas-Home''', the 14th Earl of Home, and Baron Home of the Hirsel, was [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from October 1963 to October 1964. He succeeded [[Harold Macmillan]] as Prime Minister, and ws replaced following the 1964 general election by [[Harold Wilson]]. His name "Home" is pronounced "Hume".

'''Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home''', also known as '''Alec Douglas-Home''', the 14th Earl of Home, and Baron Home of the Hirsel, was [[Prime Minister]] of the [[United Kingdom]] from October 1963 to October 1964. He succeeded [[Harold Macmillan]] as Prime Minister, and was replaced following the 1964 general election by [[Harold Wilson]]. His name "Home" is pronounced "Hume".

 

While an accomplished statesman (something he proved in a subsequent term as [[Edward Heath]]'s foreign secretary) he was not really suited to the role of Prime Minister and handled himself poorly in front of the press. As a result, he was often mocked as an old eccentric (despite being nearly a decade younger than Macmillan) and accused of being out of touch with voters.

[[Category:United Kingdom Prime Ministers|Douglas-Home, Alec]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Prime Ministers|Douglas-Home, Alec]]