Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
The father of David Douglas-Home was Alec Douglas-Home and his mother was Elizabeth Arlington, daughter of the Master of Eton College, who not a Douglas at all, and descended from the Spencer family. Alec Douglas-Home disclaimed his peerage in order to become Prime Minster and took a life peerage on his retirement which cannot be inherited. However, David was able to inherit his father's disclaimed peerage upon his death. He is the Clan Chief of Clan Home not Douglas. Even if one could establish precedence (my previous remarks were based upon the precedence of the Douglas-Hamiltons having been established by the Lord Lyon) the same reason given by the Lord Lyon would still hold true, ie a single name.

Elizabeth Arlington's sisters were Lavinia who married Sir Roger Mynors, academic and classical scholar, and Joan who married Rev. John Wilkes, Master in College and later House Master at Eton, Warden of Radley College and later vicar of Marlow. So neither marred into the Hamilton family.

While is was a student at St Andrews I had the honour of meeting both the then Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his wife then then Lady Douglas-Home.
The Elisabeth (Elizabeth?) Countess of Home I refer to lived in the 1850's and her Father, the last Lord Douglas, died in 1856, (I think). I'll need to dust off my old clan history books and check it all out again.