Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre
Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (born October 24, 1929 as Rachel Leila Brand, † December 25, 2012 ) was a British noblewoman.
She was the daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th Viscount Hampden , 26th Baron Dacre and Leila Emily Seely, a granddaughter of Charles Seely, 1st Baronet , and a great-great-granddaughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford . She herself was a great-granddaughter of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and therefore a direct descendant of King Charles II.
On July 26, 1951, she married the playwright William Douglas-Home , son of the 13th Earl of Home , the younger brother of the future Prime Minister and 14th Earl of Home, Alec Douglas-Home . They had four children:
- James Thomas Archibald Douglas-Home, 28th Baron Dacre (* May 16, 1952 - May 8, 2014), ⚭ Christine Stephenson
- Sarah Douglas-Home (born July 4, 1954), ⚭ Nicholas Dent
- Gian Leila Douglas-Home (born June 23, 1958)
- Dinah Douglas-Home (* 1964), ⚭ Harry Marriott
When her father died in 1965, Viscount Hampden inherited his younger brother David Francis Brand for lack of male descendants . The older paternal title Baron Dacre , however, entered the state of Abeyance between her and her younger sister Tessa Mary Ogilvie Thompson (* 1934). The state was ended in 1970 in her favor, so that she was in her own right 27th Baroness Dacre, which was connected to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords . She took her seat on the Labor Party side . She gave her inaugural address to Parliament on February 23, 1989. When the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force , on November 11, 1999, she lost her hereditary seat in Parliament.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Times online, Retrieved September 12, 2013 ( Memento December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rachel Leila Brand, Baroness Dacre on thepeerage.com , accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Rachel Douglas-Home at Hansard (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Brand |
Baroness Dacre 1970-2012 |
James Douglas Home |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Douglas Home, Rachel, 27th Baroness Dacre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brand, Rachel Leila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Labor Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1929 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2012 |