Sir Alec Douglas-Home

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Sir Alec Douglas-Home — idiom

1. a British politician from the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of

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Definition

a British politician from the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. The surname 'Home' in this name is pronounced /hjuːm/, unlike the ordinary English word 'home'.

Example

Sir Alec Douglas-Home resigned as prime minister after the Labour Party won the general election in October 1964.

Many textbooks mention Sir Alec Douglas-Home as the last British prime minister to hold the office while sitting in the House of Lords.