Home, Alexander Frederick Douglas (1903-1995, Baron Home of the Hirsel, statesman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1903 - 1995
Dates and places
Born London, 2 July 1903; died the Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, 9 October 1995
Geographical areas
Springhill, Berwickshire, Scotland; Coldstream, (1925-1995); Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland (c 1925-1995); Dorneywood, Buckinghamshire (1955-1974).
Legal status / Nationality
British
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
File
Letters on refusal to enter Lord Home's Administration, 1963-10 - 1963-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/27
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly commiserations, regrets and letters of thanks, on JEP's resignation as Minister of Health on Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [earlier 14th Lord Home] becoming Prime Minister. Correspondents include: Sir [Kenneth] Ivor Julian [Chairman, South-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board] (2); Edgar Kingston-McCloughry; Roger Peers, Secretary, King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London; John Wolfenden [Chairman, Family Service Units]; Gordon McLachlan, Secretary, Nuffield Provincial...
Dates:
1963-10 - 1963-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
File
Personal correspondence, 1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/14
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Toulmin, Chairman, Cambridge University Conservative Association; [Thomas] Malcolm Muggeridge on his television interview with JEP; Sir Alexander Johnston; Peter Green, Consultant Editor, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, suggesting that JEP might write on Nietzsche or write an autobiography (4); Dame Sybil Thorndike (2); Henry Koeppler; Sir William Urton, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; [?] Lord Boothby; [George] Peter Thorneycroft, Minister...
Dates:
1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
File
Personal correspondence, 1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Askey; Sir Ian Horobin on JEP's review of his poetry, and economic policy (2); Humphrey Atkins [Government Chief Whip] on JEP's voting position on incomes policy; Reginald Paget, on taking JEP hunting (2); Milton Friedman [Professor of Economics, University of Chicago] on price control and the oil crisis (2); William Deedes on One Nation; Gerald Kaufman; Hugh Jenkins; Robert Jenkins, congratulating JEP on various speeches and articles, and commenting on Edward...
Dates:
1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
Fonds
The Papers of Richard Thorpe
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THRP
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to a biography of Alec Douglas-Home, comprising a manuscript of the book with drafts, notes, correspondence, transcripts of interviews, press cuttings and copies of original documents.
Dates:
1989 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Transcript of interview: Lord Greenhill of Harrow, 1996
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1996
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell, 1996
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1996
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Antony Acland, 2001
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2001
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir John Leahy, 2001
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 52
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2001
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Michael Alexander, 1998
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 34
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1998
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Oliver Wright, 1996
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
1996
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Dales, 2016 - 2017
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 164
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2016 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
The UK Archival Thesaurus has been integrated with our catalogue, thanks to Kings College London and the AIM25 project for their support with this.

