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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th
History of Great Britain
1903
Birth
2nd July London
Birth
of
Alexander
Frederick
Douglas
-Home
1931
Member of Parliament
Lanark
Appointed
Member
of
Parliament
for
Lanark
1935
PPS
London
Appointed Parliamentay
Private
Secretary
to
Neville
Chamberlain
1945
Election
Lanark
Loses seat at the general election
1945
Under Secretary
Appointed
Under
Secretary
at the
Foreign
Office
1950
Election
Lanark
Wins back his seat at
Lanark
1950
Minister of Scotland
Appointedister of
State
at the
Scottish
Office
1950
Peerage
London
Created Earl
Douglas
-Holme, 14th
1955
Lord President
Appointed Lord
President
of the Council, 1st term
1955
Secretary Commonwealth
Appointed
Secretary
of
State
for the
Commonwealth
1956
Lord President
Appointed Lord
President
of the Council, 2nd term
1957
Lord President
Appointed Lord
President
of the Council, 3rd term
1960
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointed
Foreign
Minister, 1st term
1963
Diplomacy
London
Spain
takes up the question of the return of
Gibraltar
to the United Nations
1963
Election
Kinross
Elected
Member
of
Parliament
for
Kinross
, West Perthshire
1963
Party Leader
London
Appointed
Party
Leader
of the
Conservative
Party
1963
Peerage
London
Renounces his peerage in order to sit in the Commons
1963
Prime Minister
Forms a
Cabinet
but 2 of the appointments refuse to serve in it
19th Oct
Appointed
Prime
Minister
of
Great
Britain
1963
Resignation
London
At the
Party
Conference
in
Blackpool
announces MacMillan's decision to resign
1964
Economy
July
The
Resale
Price
Maintenance is abolished
1964
Independence
6th July London
Malta
is given independence after 73 years of
British
colonial rule
21st Sep London
Malta
is given independence after 140 years of
British
colonial rule
1964
Nuclear Warfare
17th July Nevada
Great
Britain
performs nuclear Test at
Nevada
test Site
1964
Reform
The
Board
of Admiralty is taken over by the
Ministry
of
Defence
July London
The
Resale
Price
Maintenance is abolished
1964
Resale Price Maintenance
July
The
Resale
Price
Maintenance is abolished
1965
Resignation
22nd July London
Resigns as
Party
Leader
of the
Conservative
Party
1970
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointed
Foreign
Minister, 2nd term
1971
Constitution
15th Nov Salisbury
Douglas
-Home opend talks with Ian
Smith
24th Nov Salisbury
Agreement
is reached on the new
Rhodes
ian constitution
1971
Diplomacy
15th Nov Salisbury
Douglas
-Home opens talks with Ian
Smith
1995
Death
Oct London
Death
of Alec
Douglas
-Home, age of 93
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