The Lady Home of the Hirsel | |
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_2.jpg) As the Countess of Home in Holland, 1963 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Hester Alington 6 November 1909 |
| Died | 3 September 1990 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1963–64) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including David, 15th Earl of Home |
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Elizabeth Hester Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel (née Alington; 6 November 1909 – 3 September 1990) was the wife of British politician and prime minister Alec Douglas-Home.
She was born Elizabeth Hester Alington,[1] the second daughter of the Very Rev Cyril Alington[2]—headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College successively, as well as chaplain to King George V[2]—and his wife, Hester Margaret Lyttelton, daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton.[2] Elizabeth was the first woman to become a fellow (governor) of Eton.[citation needed]
She married Alec Douglas-Home on 3 October 1936.[1] Thanks to her husband acquiring and renouncing various titles, she had, according to The Guinness Book of Records, more names successively in her lifetime than any other once-married, British-only woman.[3][page needed]
The couple had four children:
She died on 3 September 1990 at the age of 80.[4] Her husband outlived her by just over five years.[5] They had been married for nearly 54 years.
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