Birth of Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home2 July 1903
Birth of Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home
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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, based on 42 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
42 records1903–199530 events6 places
Chronological biography
1903
1931
Member of Parliament1931
Elected Member of Parliament for Lanark
1935
Secretary1935
Appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain
1945
Election1945
Loses seat at the general election
Member of Parliament1945
Loses seat at the general election
Under Secretary1945
Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
1950
Member of Parliament1950
Wins back his seat at Lanark
Peerage1950
Created Earl Douglas-Holme, 14th
Secretary of State for Scotland1950
Appointed Minister of State at the Scottish Office
1955
Commonwealth1955
Appointed Secretary of State for the Commonwealth
Lord President1955
Appointed Lord President of the Council, 1st term
Secretary of State for Commonwealth1955
Appointed Secretary of State for the Commonwealth
1956
Lord President1956
Appointed Lord President of the Council, 2nd term
1957
Lord President1957
Appointed Lord President of the Council, 3rd term
1960
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain1960
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
1962
Skybolt Crisis1962
Douglas-Home handles diplomatic pressure as Britain seeks to preserve an independent nuclear deterrent
NATO Nuclear Policy21 December 1962
Douglas-Home supports the formula assigning British Polaris forces to NATO with a national reservation
1963
Member of Parliament1963
Elected Member of Parliament for Kinross, West Perthshire
Party Leader1963
Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party
Peerage1963
Renounces his peerage in order to sit in the Commons
Polaris Programme1963
Douglas-Home inherits the British Polaris programme after becoming Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Great Britain1963
Forms a Cabinet but 2 of the appointments refuse to serve in it
Resignation of Maurice Harold MacMillan1963
At the Party Conference in Blackpool announces MacMillans decision to resign
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the1963
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the United Nations
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the1963
Spain takes up the question of the return of Gibraltar to the United Nations
Prime Minister of Great Britain19 October 1963
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1964
Reform of Navy1964
The Board of Admiralty is taken over by the Ministry of Defence
Royal Navy Polaris1964
The Conservative Government continues planning for a Royal Navy Polaris submarine force before the 1964 election
Economy of Great BritainJuly 1964
The Resale Price Maintenance is abolished
Reform of TradeJuly 1964
The Resale Price Maintenance is abolished
Resale Price MaintenanceJuly 1964
The Resale Price Maintenance is abolished
Independence of Great Britain6 July 1964
Malta is given independence after 73 years of British colonial rule
Independence of Malta6 July 1964
Malta is given independence after 73 years of British colonial rule
Nuclear Power17 July 1964
Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada test Site
Independence of Great Britain21 September 1964
Malta is given independence after 140 years of British colonial rule
Independence of Malta21 September 1964
Malta is given independence after 140 years of British colonial rule
1965
Resignation of Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home22 July 1965
Resigns as Party Leader of the Conservative Party
1970
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain1970
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
1971
Constitution of Great Britain15 November 1971
Douglas-Home opend talks with Ian Smith
Diplomatic Negotiations at Salisbury15 November 1971
Douglas-Home opens talks with Ian Smith
Constitution of Great Britain24 November 1971
Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution
1995
Death of Alexander Frederick Douglas-HomeOctober 1995
Death of Alec Douglas-Home, age of 93
Titles and roles
Earl · Earl · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain · Earl · Lord President of the Council · Earl · Member of Parliament for Kinross · Earl · Member of Parliament for Lanark · Earl · Parliamentary Private Secretary · Earl · Party Leader of CP · Earl · Prime Minister of Great Britain · Earl · Secretary of Commonwealth · Earl · Secretary of State for Commonwealth · Earl · Secretary of State for Scotland · Earl · Under Secretary of Foreign Office · Viscount · Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.