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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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