The Earl of Home | |
| 10th Earl of Home | |
| Birth Name: | Alexander Home |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1769 |
| Birth Place: | Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland |
| Parents: | Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home Abigail Brown Ramey |
Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home (11 November 1769 – 21 October 1841), styled Lord Dunglass from 1781 to 1786, was a British politician and nobleman. He served as a Scottish representative peer between 1807 and 1841. He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the Berwickshire militia. He held office as the first Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire between 1794 and 1841.[1]
He was the son of the Rev. Alexander Home, 9th Earl of Home, and his third wife, Abigail Brown Ramey. He succeeded to his father's titles and estates on 8 October 1786. He was given the name of Alexander Home at birth, but on 1 March 1814, his name was legally changed to Alexander Ramey-Home by Royal Licence.[2]
On 6 November 1798, he married Lady Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, and Lady Elizabeth Montagu (daughter of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu).
The couple had three sons:
In the 1830s, Lord Home (along with his nephews the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Lord John Scott)[3] [4] was among the first to import Newfoundland dogs, or Labrador Retrievers as they later became known, for use as gundogs. His dogs are considered to be the progenitors of modern Labradors.[5]