Autographs of Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel KT, PC (/ˈhjuːm/; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 until 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. He is notable for being the last prime minister to hold office while being a member of the House of Lords, before renouncing his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation, however, rests more on his two stints as Foreign Secretary than on his brief premiership. More about Alec Douglas-Home
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Within six years of first entering the House of Commons in 1931, Douglas-Home (then called by the courtesy title Lord Dunglass) became a parliamentary aide to Neville Chamberlain, witnessing first-hand Chamberlain's efforts as prime minister to preserve peace through appeasement in the two years before the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1940 Dunglass was diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis and was immobilised for two years. By the later stages of the war he had recovered enough to resume his political career, but he lost his seat in the general election of 1945. He regained it in 1950, but the following year he left the Commons when, on the death of his father, he inherited the earldom of Home and thereby became a member of the House of Lords. Under the premierships of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan he was appointed to a series of increasingly senior posts, including Leader of the House of Lords and Foreign Secretary. In the latter post, which he held from 1960 to 1963, he supported United States resolve in the Cuban Missile Crisis and in August 1963 was the United Kingdom's signatory to the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
In October 1963 Macmillan was taken ill and resigned as prime minister. Home was chosen to succeed him. By the 1960s it had become generally considered unacceptable for a prime minister to sit in the House of Lords; Home renounced his earldom and successfully stood for election to the House of Commons. The manner of his appointment was controversial, and two of Macmillan's cabinet ministers refused to take office under him. He was criticised by the Labour Party as an aristocrat, out of touch with the problems of ordinary families, and he came over stiffly in television interviews, by contrast with the Labour leader, Harold Wilson. The Conservative Party, in power since 1951, had lost standing as a result of the Profumo affair, a 1963 sex scandal involving a defence minister, and at the time of Home's appointment as prime minister it seemed headed for heavy electoral defeat. Home's premiership was the second briefest of the twentieth century, lasting two days short of a year. Among the legislation passed under his government was the abolition of resale price maintenance, bringing costs down for the consumer against the interests of producers of food and other commodities. Read even more about Alec Douglas-Home at Wikipedia
In October 1963 Macmillan was taken ill and resigned as prime minister. Home was chosen to succeed him. By the 1960s it had become generally considered unacceptable for a prime minister to sit in the House of Lords; Home renounced his earldom and successfully stood for election to the House of Commons. The manner of his appointment was controversial, and two of Macmillan's cabinet ministers refused to take office under him. He was criticised by the Labour Party as an aristocrat, out of touch with the problems of ordinary families, and he came over stiffly in television interviews, by contrast with the Labour leader, Harold Wilson. The Conservative Party, in power since 1951, had lost standing as a result of the Profumo affair, a 1963 sex scandal involving a defence minister, and at the time of Home's appointment as prime minister it seemed headed for heavy electoral defeat. Home's premiership was the second briefest of the twentieth century, lasting two days short of a year. Among the legislation passed under his government was the abolition of resale price maintenance, bringing costs down for the consumer against the interests of producers of food and other commodities. Read even more about Alec Douglas-Home at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Alec Douglas-Home
The most expensive item with a signature of Alec Douglas-Home (Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter) was sold in April 2022 for £290.00 while the cheapest item (THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS - Lord Alec Douglas-Home - SIGNED - 1st/1st 1976 TORY PM) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was November 2018 with an average selling price of £35.39 for an autographed item of Alec Douglas-Home. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2022 with £290.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £11.42 was August 2014. In average, an autographed item from Alec Douglas-Home is worth £34.39.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
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 | ALEC DOUGLAS HOME - FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER - SIGNED PIECE FROM A BOOK | £30.00 | |
| ALEC DOUGLAS HOME - FORMER PRIME MINISTER - EXCELLENT SIGNED PHOTO DISPLAY | £32.00 | |
| ALEC DOUGLAS HOME BARON HOME of the HIRSEL Signed Letter 9/2/1965 | £14.99 | |
| Alec Douglas-Home Former Prime Minister of The United Kingdom hand signed letter | £7.59 | |
| Autograph Letter Signed – Prime Minister – Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1965 | £45.00 | |
| British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home signed letter - Falklands enquiry | £44.99 | |
| Personal Hand Written Private Signed Letter by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home | £49.99 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter | £26.00 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter | £15.00 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter | £21.34 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter And Bookplates | £34.00 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter From 10 Downing Street | £36.00 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter On 1980s Politics | £26.88 | |
| Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home Signed Statement On The 1964 General Election | £34.77 | |
| Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home Signed Letter | £290.00 | |