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THE
ANCESTRY OF SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME
1
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
b 2 Jul 1903, London
d 9 Oct 1995, The Hirsel, Coldstream, Berwickshire
2
Charles Cospatrick Archibald Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home
b 29 Dec 1873, Newton Don, Berwickshire
d 11 Jul 1951, The Hirsel
m 14 Jul 1902, St. Margaret, Westminster
3
Lilian Lambton
b 8 Dec 1881, Marylebone, London
d 26 Sep 1966, Berwickshire
4
Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home
b 11 Apr 1834, The Hirsel
d 30 Apr 1918, The Hirsel
m 18 Aug 1870, Howick, Northumberland
5
Maria Grey
b 23 Feb 1849, Brighton
d 25 May 1918, The Hirsel
6
Frederick William Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham
b 19 Jun 1855, St. George, Hanover Square, London
d 31 Jan 1929, Fenton, Wooler, Northumberland
m 26 May 1879, St. Peter, Eaton Square
7
Beatrix Bulteel
b 5 Jan 1859, Holbeton, Devon
d 27 Apr 1937, Fenton, Wooler
8
Cospatrick Alexander Home, 11th Earl of Home
b 27 Oct 1799, Dalkeith House
d 4 Jul 1881, Coldstream
m 4 Dec 1832, Ditton Park, Buckinghamshire
9
Lucy Elizabeth Scott-Montagu
b 14 Nov 1805, Dalkeith
d 15 May 1877, The Hirsel
10
Captain Charles Conrad Grey, R.N.
b 2 Jan 1817, Westminster
d 29 May
1848, Lowndes Square, London
m 23 Apr
1844, St Marylebone, Westminster
11 Caroline
Nesbitt Macan
bap 22 Nov 1823, Calcutta
d 11 Oct
1854, Brighton
12 George
Frederick d’Arcy Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham
b 5 Sep 1828, Copse Hill, Surrey
d 27 Nov 1879, Mayfair, Middlesex
m 23 May 1854, St. George, Hanover Square, London
13 Beatrix
Frances Hamilton
b 21 Jul 1835, Carlton Terrace, London
d 21 Jan 1871, Lambton Castle
14 John
Bulteel of Pamflete, Ivybridge, Devon
b 26 Jun 1827, Yealmpton, Devon
d 1 Jul 1897, Horrabridge, Devon
m 23 Mar 1854, Stoke Damerel, Devon
15 Euphemia
Emily Parsons
b 28 Nov 1830, Ithaca, Greece
d 11 Jul
1914, Pamflete
16 Alexander
Home, 10th Earl of Home
b 11 Nov 1769, The Hirsel
d 20 Oct 1841, The Hirsel
m 9 Nov 1798, Dalkeith
17 Elizabeth
Scott
b 10 Oct 1770, London
d 29 Jun 1837, The Hirsel
18 Henry
James Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton
b 16 Dec 1776, London
d 30 Oct 1845,
Piccadilly, Middlesex
m 22 Nov
1804, Dalkeith House
19 Jane
Margaret Douglas
b 21 Dec 1779, Bothwell Castle
d 8 Jan 1859, Ditton Park
20
Lieut-Colonel William Grey
b 20 Oct 1775, Fallodon, Northumberland
d 10 Aug
1817, London
m 7 May 1805, Clifton, Gloucestershire
21 Maria
Shirreff
bap 20 Jan
1782, Old Alresford, Hampshire
d 4 Aug
1857, Richmond, Surrey
22
Major Turner Macan of Carriff, co. Armagh
bap 5 Oct 1792, Kilbrogan, co. Cork
d 24 Jul
1836, Calcutta
m 14 Nov
1822, Fort William, Bengal
23 Harriet
Sneyd
b ca 1795, Ireland
d 6 Feb 1871, Lowndes Square, London
24 John
George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
b 12 Apr 1792, London
d 28 Jul 1840, Cowes, Isle of Wight
m 9 Dec 1816, Howick
25 Louisa
Elizabeth Grey
b 7 Apr 1797, Mayfair
d 26 Nov
1841, Genoa
26 James
Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
b 21 Jan 1811, Mayfair
d 31 Oct
1885, Newtown Stewart, co. Tyrone
m 25 Oct
1832, Fochabers, Banffshire
27 Louisa
Jane Russell
b 8 Jul 1812, London
d 31 Mar
1905, Pulborough, Sussex
28 John
Crocker Bulteel of Flete and Lyneham, Devon
bap 15 May 1793, Yealmpton, Devon
d 10 Sep 1843, Westminster
m 13 May 1826, London
29 Elizabeth
Grey
b 10 Jul 1798, Bedwell Park, Hertfordshire
d 8 Nov
1880, Mayfair
30
Colonel John Whitehill Parsons, C.M.G., Resident of Zante
bap 17 Oct 1785, Oxford
d 20 Apr 1848, the Palace, Corfu
m 1 Jun 1820, Gilston House, Fife
31 Mary
Elizabeth Dewar
b 9 Jan 1793, Edinburgh
d 21 Mar 1876, Midford House, Somerset
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Complete Peerage
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J.J.
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K. Evans, The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales (Boston, 2007)
The
Gentleman’s Magazine,
1848
Burke’s
Landed Gentry
(1871)
Burke’s
Landed Gentry of Ireland (1899)
J.
Macan, MacCana of Clanbrassil: An Ancestral and Family History, ed. F.
Steer (1997)
Bengal
wills (British Library, IOR/L/AG/34/29/58)
Encyclopædia
Britannica
(online at www.britannica.com)
Will of John Whitehill Parsons (National Archives, PROB 11/2079/396)
The New Monthly Magazine, 14(Jul-Dec 1820):120
Newburn
parish registers
St
Marylebone, Westminster, parish registers
Holbeton
parish registers
Clifton
parish registers
Christ
Church, Oxford, parish registers
England,
Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-R6PF)
British
India Office ecclesiastical returns - births and baptisms (online at http://www.findmypast.co.uk)
Biography
of William Henry Whitbread at http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/whitbread-william-1795-1867
Peter
Beauclerk Dewar, The House of Dewar
(London, 1991)
Statutory
register of births, Nenthorn
Statutory
register of deaths, Coldstream
1851
census returns, Chelsea (National Archives, HO 107/1474, fol. 266)
1851
census returns, Milton (National Archives, HO 107/1666, fol. 403)
1871
census returns, Holbeton (National Archives, RG 10/2105, fol. 27)
1871
census returns, South Stoke (National Archives, RG 10/2475, fol. 56)
1881
census returns, Holbeton (National Archives, RG 11/2185, fol. 27)
1901
census returns, London (National Archives, RG 13/83, fol. 26)
War
Office records (National Archives, WO 42/37)
National
probate calendars
The Caledonian Mercury, 22 Dec 1779
Newcastle Courant, 15 Apr 1797
Staffordshire Advertiser, 21 Jul 1798
Jackson’s Oxford Journal, 18 May 1805
The Morning Chronicle, 9 Jul 1812
The Standard, 28 Mar 1876
The Yorkshire Evening Post, 27 Apr 1937
The
Bath Chronicle,
16 Jan 1817
The following issues of The Times:
7 Jun 1820
13 Sep 1843
18 May 1848
27 Feb 1849
27 Mar 1854
13 Oct 1854
29 May 1879
9 Nov 1880
9 May 1881
5 Jul 1897
14 Jul 1914
1 Feb 1929
28 Apr 1937
13 Jul 1951
27 Sep 1966
10 Oct 1995
Prince
William is descended from 26, 27, 28 and 29 (see Evans).