Alec Douglas-Home

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Person.png Alec Douglas-Home  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
BornAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home
1903-07-02
28 South Street, Mayfair, London, England
Died1995-10-09 (Age 92)
Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
ReligionScottish Episcopal Church
Children • Caroline Meriel
• Diana
• David
SpouseElizabeth Alington
Member ofBilderberg/Steering committee, The Other Club
PartyConservative, (, SUP, )

Employment.png Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

In office
19 October 1963 - 16 October 1964
Succeeded byHarold Wilson

Employment.png Leader of the Opposition Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
16 October 1964 - 28 July 1965

Employment.png Leader of the Conservative Party Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
18 October 1963 - 28 July 1965
Preceded byHarold Macmillan
Succeeded byEdward Heath

Employment.png Foreign Secretary

In office
20 June 1970 - 4 March 1974
Preceded byMichael Stewart
Succeeded byJames Callaghan

Employment.png Foreign Secretary

In office
27 July 1960 - 18 October 1963

Employment.png Lord President of the Council

In office
14 October 1959 - 27 July 1960
Preceded byQuintin Hogg
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg

Employment.png Lord President of the Council

In office
29 March 1957 - 17 September 1957
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg

Employment.png Leader of the House of Lords Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
29 March 1957 - 27 July 1960
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg

Employment.png Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
7 April 1955 - 27 July 1960
Succeeded byDuncan Sandys

Alec Douglas-Home was a UK politician who served as UK Prime Minister from October 1963 to October 1964.

Bilderberg

Alec Douglas-Home was the second chairman of the Bilderberg conferences, doing so from 1977 to 1980.[1] He was succeeded in this role by Walter Scheel.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/197722 April 197724 April 1977United Kingdom
Imperial Hotel
Torquay
The 25th Bilderberg, held in Torquay, England.
Bilderberg/197821 April 197823 April 1978US
New Jersey
Princeton University
The 26th Bilderberg, held in the US
Bilderberg/197927 April 197929 April 1979Austria
Baden
Clubhotel Schloss Weikersdorf
27th Bilderberg, 95 guests, Austria
Bilderberg/198018 April 198020 April 1980Germany
Aachen
The 28th Bilderberg, held in West Germany, unusually exposed by the Daily Mirror
Bilderberg/198625 April 198627 April 1986Scotland
Gleneagles Hotel
The 34th Bilderberg, 109 participants

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:The Rossing File:The Inside Story of Britain's Secret Contract for Namibian Uraniumpamphlet1980Alun RobertsScandal in the 1970s and 1980s of collusion by successive British governments with the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto to import yellowcake from the Rössing Uranium Mine in Namibia (illegally occupied by apartheid South Africa) in defiance of international law, and leading to the targeting of UN Commissioner for Namibia Bernt Carlsson on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988.
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References

  1. "Twenty-fifth Bilderberg meeting held in St Joseph MO". Facts on File World News Digest. 14 May 1977.


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