Alec Duglas-Home - Alec Douglas-Home

To'g'ri hurmatli Hirselning Lord uyi KT Kompyuter
Duglas-uy v. 1963
Buyuk Britaniyaning Bosh vaziri
Ofisda 1963 yil 19 oktyabr - 1964 yil 16 oktyabr
Monarx	Yelizaveta II
Oldingi	Garold Makmillan
Muvaffaqiyatli	Garold Uilson
Muxolifat lideri
Ofisda 1964 yil 16 oktyabr - 1965 yil 28 iyul
Monarx	Yelizaveta II
Bosh Vazir	Garold Uilson
Oldingi	Garold Uilson
Muvaffaqiyatli	Edvard Xit
Konservativ partiyaning etakchisi
Ofisda 1963 yil 18 oktyabr - 1965 yil 28 iyul
Oldingi	Garold Makmillan
Muvaffaqiyatli	Edvard Xit
Vazirlik idoralari Tashqi ishlar va hamdo'stlik ishlari bo'yicha davlat kotibi Ofisda 1970 yil 20 iyun - 1974 yil 4 mart Bosh Vazir Edvard Xit Oldingi Maykl Styuart Muvaffaqiyatli Jeyms Kallagan Ofisda 1960 yil 27 iyul - 1963 yil 20 oktyabr Bosh Vazir Garold Makmillan Oldingi Selvin Lloyd Muvaffaqiyatli Rab Butler Lord Kengashning Prezidenti Ofisda 1959 yil 14 oktyabr - 1960 yil 27 iyul Bosh Vazir Garold Makmillan Oldingi Viscount Hailsham Muvaffaqiyatli Viscount Hailsham Ofisda 1957 yil 29 mart - 1957 yil 17 sentyabr Bosh Vazir Garold Makmillan Oldingi Solsberi markasi Muvaffaqiyatli Viscount Hailsham Lordlar palatasining rahbari Ofisda 1957 yil 29 mart - 1960 yil 27 iyul Bosh Vazir Garold Makmillan Oldingi Solsberi markasi Muvaffaqiyatli Viscount Hailsham Hamdo'stlik aloqalari bo'yicha davlat kotibi Ofisda 1955 yil 7 aprel - 1960 yil 27 iyul Bosh Vazir Garold Makmillan Oldingi Viscount Swinton Muvaffaqiyatli Dunkan Sandis Shotlandiya davlat vaziri Ofisda 1951 yil 2-noyabr - 1955 yil 7-aprel Bosh Vazir Uinston Cherchill Oldingi Lavozim belgilandi Muvaffaqiyatli Tomas Galbrayt Parlamentning tashqi ishlar bo'yicha davlat kotibining o'rinbosari Ofisda 1945 yil 26 may - 1945 yil 26 iyul Bilan xizmat qilish Lord Lovat Bosh Vazir Uinston Cherchill Oldingi Jorj Xoll Muvaffaqiyatli Ektor Makneyl
Parlament idoralari Lordlar palatasi a'zosi Lord Temporal Hayotiy tengdoshlik 1974 yil 24 dekabr - 1995 yil 9 oktyabr Irsiy peerage 1951 yil 11 iyul - 1963 yil 23 oktyabr Oldingi Uyning 13-grafligi Muvaffaqiyatli Uyning 15-grafligi (1995) Parlament a'zosi uchun Kinross va G'arbiy Perthshir Ofisda 1963 yil 8 noyabr - 1974 yil 20 sentyabr Oldingi Gilmur Leburn Muvaffaqiyatli Nicholas Fairbairn Parlament a'zosi uchun Lanark Ofisda 1950 yil 23 fevral - 1951 yil 11 iyul Oldingi Tom Stil Muvaffaqiyatli Patrik Meytlend Ofisda 1931 yil 27 oktyabr - 1945 yil 15 iyun Oldingi Tomas Dikson Muvaffaqiyatli Tom Stil
Shaxsiy ma'lumotlar
Tug'ilgan	Aleksandr Frederik Duglas-Uy (1903-07-02)1903 yil 2-iyul Mayfair, London, Angliya
O'ldi	9 oktyabr 1995 yil(1995-10-09) (92 yosh) Coldstream, Shotlandiya
Siyosiy partiya	Konservativ
Boshqa siyosiy bog'liqliklar	Unionist
Turmush o'rtoqlar	Elizabeth Alington ​ ​ (m. 1936; vafot etdi1990)​
Bolalar	4
Ota	Charlz, Uyning 13-grafligi
O'g'il	Devid, 15-uy grafligi
Olma mater	Xrist cherkovi, Oksford
Kriket haqida ma'lumot
Urish	O'ng qo'l
Bowling	O'ng qo'l tezkor
Mahalliy jamoalar haqida ma'lumot
Yillar	Jamoa
1924–1927	Marylebone kriket klubi Middlesex Co. kriket klubi Oksford universiteti. Kriket klubi
Ishga qabul qilish statistikasi
Musobaqa Birinchi sinf Uchrashuvlar 10 Yugurishlar gol urdi 147 O'rtacha urish 16.33 100s / 50s 0/0 Eng yaxshi ball 37* Sharlar bowlangan – Viketlar 12 Bowling o'rtacha 30.25 Uchrashuvda 5 ta piket 0 Uchrashuvda 10 ta vikit 0 Eng yaxshi bouling 3/43 Ushlaydi /stumpings 9/–
Manba: Duglas-uy da ESPNcricinfo

Aleksandr Frederik Duglas-uy, Baron uyi, Hirsel, KT, Kompyuter (/ˈhjuːm/ (tinglang); 1903 yil 2-iyul - 1995 yil 9-oktabr) ingliz edi Konservativ bo'lib xizmat qilgan siyosatchi Buyuk Britaniyaning Bosh vaziri 1963 yil oktyabrdan 1964 yil oktyabrgacha. U a'zosi bo'lganida lavozimini egallagan oxirgi bosh vazir bo'lgan Lordlar palatasi, oldin uning tengdoshidan voz kechish va joydan joy olish Jamiyat palatasi uning premerlik muddati davomida. Biroq, uning obro'si ko'proq Britaniyaning ikkita sehriga bog'liq tashqi ishlar vaziri uning qisqacha premerligidan ko'ra.

Ning katta farzandi Charlz Duglas-Uy, Lord Dunglass, u 1903 yilda 28 da tug'ilgan Janubiy ko'chasi yilda Mayfair, London,^[1] uning oilasi siyosatchi va birja makleridan ijaraga olgan, Ser Kutbert Kvilter va kelajakdagi uy edi Barbara Kartlend,^[2] muallif va sotsialist. Duglas-Xom o'qigan Ludgrove maktabi, Eton kolleji va Xrist cherkovi, Oksford. Iqtidorli kriketchi u o'ynadi birinchi darajali kriket klub va tuman darajasida; u xizmatni boshladi Hududiy armiya 1924 yildan. Duglas-Uy (ostida xushmuomala unvon Lord Dunglass) parlamentga kirdi 1931 sifatida xizmat qilgan Nevill Chemberlen 1940 yilda o'murtqa tashxis qo'yilgan bo'lsa-da, parlament yordamchisi sil kasalligi uni ikki yil davomida immobilizatsiya qiladi. Siyosiy faoliyatini qayta boshlash uchun etarlicha tiklanib, Duglas-Xom ish joyini Leyboristlarga yo'qotdi 1945 yilgi umumiy saylov. U uni qaytarib oldi 1950, lekin keyingi yili otasi vafot etgach, u Lordlarga kirganida, jamoatlarni tark etdi 14-uy grafligi. Keyingi konservativ hukumat davrida Bosh sahifa tobora yuqori lavozimlarga tayinlandi, masalan Lordlar palatasining rahbari va Tashqi ishlar vaziri. Keyingi lavozimda (1960-63) u AQShning qarorini qo'llab-quvvatladi Kuba raketa inqirozi va Buyuk Britaniyani imzolagan Yadro sinovlarini qisman taqiqlash to'g'risidagi shartnoma 1963 yil avgustda.

1963 yil oktyabrda, Garold Makmillan Bosh vazir lavozimidan iste'foga chiqdi va uning o'rniga Duglas-Xom tanlandi. 1960-yillarga kelib, bosh vazirning lordlar palatasida o'tirishi qabul qilinishi mumkin emas edi, shuning uchun Bosh sahifa uni rad etdi irsiy peerage va muvaffaqiyatli parlament sifatida saylandi Ser Alek Duglas-Uy. Uning tayinlanish tartibi munozarali bo'lib, Makmillan vazirlar mahkamasining ikki vaziri uning qo'l ostidagi lavozimida qolishni rad etishdi. Tomonidan tanqid qilingan Mehnat partiyasi u teginmaydigan aristokrat sifatida, Leyboristlar partiyasidan farqli o'laroq, televizion intervyularda qat'iyan kelgan Garold Uilson. Bosh vazir sifatida Duglas-Xomening o'zini tutishi va tashqi ko'rinishi aristokratik va eskirgan bo'lib qoldi. Uning iqtisodiyotni tushunishi ibtidoiy edi va u kanslerga, Reginald Modling, moliyaviy masalalarni hal qilishda erkinlik. U tashqi siyosat va uning tashqi ishlar vaziri bilan ishlashdan mamnun edi. Rab Butler, ayniqsa baquvvat bo'lmagan, ammo hal qilish uchun katta inqirozlar yoki muammolar bo'lmagan.^{[n 1]} Qariyb o'n ikki yil davomida boshqargan Konservativ partiya, janjaldan keyin o'z mavqeini yo'qotdi Profumo ishi Makmillan davrida va Duglas-Xomning bosh vazirligi bilan saylovlarda og'ir mag'lubiyatga uchragan ko'rinadi; uning bosh vazirligi yigirmanchi asrning ikkinchi qisqasi, yiliga ikki kunga kam davom etadigan. Uning hukumati davrida qabul qilingan qonunchilik orasida bekor qilinishi ham bor edi qayta sotish narxini saqlab qolish 1964 yilda.

Da tor mag'lubiyatga uchragan 1964 yil Buyuk Britaniyada umumiy saylov, Duglas-Xom 1965 yil iyul oyida etakchini saylash uchun yangi va unchalik maxfiy bo'lmagan usulni joriy qilgan holda partiya rahbariyatini iste'foga chiqardi. Keyinchalik u Bosh vazir kabinetida ishlagan Edvard Xit da Tashqi ishlar va Hamdo'stlik idorasi (1970-1974), uning sobiq kotibiyatining kengaytirilgan versiyasi. Konservatorlarning 1974 yildagi egizak mag'lubiyatlaridan birinchisidan so'ng, ikkinchisida turdi 1974 yil oktyabr oyida bo'lib o'tgan saylov va Lordlar huzuriga qaytdi hayot tengdoshi sarlavhali Baron uyi. U asta-sekin front siyosatidan nafaqaga chiqdi va 1995 yilda, 92 yoshida vafot etdi.

Hayot va martaba

Dastlabki yillar

Duglas-Xome tug'ilgan Mayfair, London, etti farzandning birinchisi Lord Dunglass (ning katta o'g'li 12-uy grafligi ) va uning rafiqasi, xonim Lilian Lambton (qizi Durhamning 4-grafligi ). Bolaning ismi odatiy ravishda "Alek" deb qisqartirilgan.^[3] Er-xotinning kichik bolalari orasida dramaturg ham bor edi Uilyam Duglas-Uy.^[4]

1918 yilda Uyning 12-grafligi vafot etdi, Dunglass uning o'rnini gallomda egalladi va xushmuomala unvon 1951 yilgacha Lord Dunglass tarzida bo'lgan Alec Duglas-Home-ga o'tdi.^[5] Yosh Lord Dunglass o'qidi Ludgrove maktabi, dan so'ng Eton kolleji. Etonda uning zamondoshlari ham bor edi Kiril Konnoli, keyinchalik uni quyidagicha ta'riflagan:

[A] ezoterik Eton dinining votari, xushmuomalali, bag'rikeng, uyqusirab o'tirgan, xushmuomalalik bilan yog'dirilgan va barcha yutuqlar bilan toj kiygan, ustalar tomonidan yoqadigan va bolalar tomonidan unga hech qanday zo'r bermasdan qoyil qoladigan, muvaffaqiyatning yomon oqibatlarini boshdan kechirmasdan yoki boshqalarda hasadni qo'zg'atmasdan. 18-asrda u 30 yoshidan oldin Bosh vazir bo'lar edi. Shunday bo'lsa-da, u hayot uchun kurash uchun sharafli ravishda yaroqsiz bo'lib chiqdi.^[6]

Etondan keyin Dunglass bordi Xrist cherkovi, Oksford, qaerda u a uchinchi darajali mukofotlar Bakalavr darajasi yilda Zamonaviy tarix 1925 yilda.^[7]

Eton XI a'zosi sifatida, 1921 yil

Dunglass iste'dodli sportchi edi. Eton at vakili bilan bir qatorda besh,^[8] u maktabda, klubda va tuman miqyosida qobiliyatli kriketchi bo'lgan va Angliya bosh vazirlari orasida o'ynaganligi bilan noyob bo'lgan birinchi darajali kriket.^[9] Murabbiy Jorj Xirst,^[10] u kirdi Wisden "Eton XI ning foydali a'zosi" iborasi^[9] shu jumladan Persi Lorri va Gubbi Allen.^[11] Wisden "1922 yildagi yomg'ir ta'sirida bo'lgan Eton - Harrou uchrashuvida u to'yingan tashqi maydonga to'sqinlik qilganiga qaramay, 66 ball to'plaganini, so'ngra o'rtacha templi shovqinlari bilan 37 uchun 4 ni oldi" deb kuzatgan.^[9]

Birinchi sinf darajasida u Oksford Universitetining kriket klubi, Midlseks okrugining kriket klubi va Marylebone kriket klubi (MCC). 1924 yildan 1927 yilgacha u birinchi darajadagi o'nta o'yinda qatnashdi va o'rtacha 14,3 marotaba 16,33 gol urib, 37 ta eng yaxshi natijani qayd etmadi. Bowlingchi sifatida u o'rtacha 30.25 da 12 ta viketni eng yuqori ko'rsatkichi bilan 43 ga, 3 ta eng yuqori ko'rsatkichga ega bo'lgan. Uning uchta birinchi darajadagi o'yinlari xalqaro o'yinlarga qarshi bo'lgan Argentina MChJning "vakili" turida Janubiy Amerika 1926–27 yillarda.^[9]

Dunglass xizmatni boshladi Hududiy armiya qachon 1924 yilda u topshirildi a leytenant ichida Lanarkshire Yeomanry,^[12] keyin lavozimga ko'tarildi kapitan 1928 yilda,^[13] va katta 1933 yilda.^[14]

Parlament a'zosi (1931–37)

Lord Dunglassning xushmuomalalik unvoni o'zi bilan birga bo'lmagan Lordlar palatasi, va Dunglass saylanish huquqiga ega edi Jamiyat palatasi. Ko'pgina aristokrat oilalardan farqli o'laroq, Duglas-uylar siyosiy xizmat tarixiga ega emas edi. O'ziga xos oilada 11-graf, Dunglassning bobosi, davlat idorasida ishlagan Kotib muovini da Tashqi ishlar vazirligi yilda Vellington "s 1828–30 hukumat.^[15] Dunglassning otasi, istaksiz va muvaffaqiyatsiz ravishda, Earlom-ga erishishdan oldin parlament uchun turdi.^[15]

Dunglass Eton yoki Oksfordda bo'lganida siyosatga unchalik qiziqmagan. U qo'shilmagan edi Oksford ittifoqi yangi boshlagan siyosatchilar kabi.^[16] Biroq, u oilaviy mulk merosxo'ri sifatida u qishloq janoblari sifatida hayot istiqbollariga shubha bilan qaragan: "Men har doim bu roldan norozi bo'lganman va bu etarli bo'lmasligini his qilganman".^[17] Uning biografi Devid Dutton Dunglass siyosatga qiziqish uyg'otdi, chunki uning oilasi yashagan Shotlandiya pasttekisliklarida keng tarqalgan ishsizlik va qashshoqlik.^[18] Keyinchalik karerasida, u bosh vazir bo'lganida, Dunglass (o'sha davrda ser Alek Duglas-Xom tomonidan) memorandumda shunday yozgan edi: "Men siyosatga kirdim, chunki bu davlat xizmatining shakli ekanligini va deyarli bir avlod sifatida siyosatchilar birinchi urushda etakchilik yo'lida beradigan narsasi bo'lganlar kesilishi kerak edi. "^{[19][n 2]} Uning siyosiy tafakkuriga shu narsa ta'sir qilgan Noel Skelton, a'zosi Unionist partiyasi (kabi Konservatorlar 1912-1965 yillarda Shotlandiyada chaqirilgan). Skelton ishchilar uchun va aktsiyalar variantlariga asoslangan holda "mulkka egalik qiluvchi demokratiyani" himoya qildi sanoat demokratiyasi.^[20] Dunglass ijtimoiy mulkchilik sotsialistik idealiga ishontirilmadi. U Skeltonning fikriga qo'shilib, "hamma egalik qiladigan narsa hech kimga tegishli emas".^[21]

Skeltonning qo'llab-quvvatlashi bilan Dunglass Unionist nomzodini taqdim etdi Koatrij 1929 yildagi umumiy saylovlar uchun.^[22] Bu Unionistlar g'alaba qozonishini kutgan o'rindiq emas edi va u o'zinikiga yutqazdi Mehnat 9,210 ovoz bilan raqib, Leyboristlarning 16,879 ovoziga.^[23] Biroq, bu tabiiy notiq emas, yumshoq va murosasiz xulq-atvorli Dunglass uchun qimmatli tajriba edi; u dushman tomoshabinlar bilan qanday munosabatda bo'lishni va uning xabarlarini etkazishni o'rgana boshladi.^[24] Qachon koalitsiya "Milliy hukumat "moliyaviy inqirozni bartaraf etish uchun 1931 yilda tashkil topgan, Dunglass koalitsiya tarafdorlari ittifoqchilari nomzodi sifatida qabul qilingan Lanark. Hudud saylovchilari aralashgan va saylov okrugi hech bir partiya uchun xavfsiz joy sifatida ko'rilmagan; 1929 yilgi saylovlarda Leyboristlar uni Unionistlardan tortib olishgan. Koalitsiyani qo'llab-quvvatlash bilan Liberal partiya o'z nomzodini namoyish etish o'rniga uni qo'llab-quvvatlagan Dunglass Leyboristlar nomzodini osonlikcha mag'lub etdi.^[25]

Yangi Jamoalar palatasiga a'zolik koalitsiyani qo'llab-quvvatlovchi deputatlardan iborat edi va shu sababli hukumat lavozimlarini to'ldirish uchun ko'plab munosib a'zolar mavjud edi. Duttonning iborasi bilan aytganda, "Dunglass uchun cheksiz darajada sustlashish oson bo'lar edi orqa o'rindiq qorong'ulik ".^[25] Biroq, Skelton, kotib o'rinbosari etib tayinlangan Shotlandiya idorasi, Dunglassga parlamentning norasmiy yordamchisining to'lanmaydigan lavozimini taklif qildi. Bu Dunglass uchun ikki baravar foydali edi. Rasmiy sifatida tayinlangan har qanday deputat Parlamentning xususiy kotibi (PPS) hukumat vaziriga hukumatning ichki ishi uchun sodda bo'lgan, ammo jamoatlar palatasida ehtiyotkorlik bilan sukut saqlashi kutilgan edi. Dunglass ikkinchisiga rioya qilmasdan birinchisiga erishdi.^[25] U 1932 yil fevral oyida iqtisodiy siyosat mavzusidagi birinchi nutqini ehtiyotkorlik bilan qo'llab-quvvatladi protektsionist arzon importga yondashish. U mehnat narxining oshishiga olib keladi degan Leyboristlarning e'tiroziga qarshi chiqdi va tarif "ish bilan bandlikni rag'batlantiradi va ish beradi [va] ishsizlik uchun nafaqa o'rniga ish haqi o'rniga odamlarning sotib olish qobiliyatini oshiradi" deb ta'kidladi.^[26]

Skeltonning yordamchisi bo'lgan Dunglass to'rt yil davomida Shotlandiyaning qishloqlaridagi tibbiy xizmatlardan tortib, aholi punktlari, baliqchilik, ta'lim va sanoatga qadar keng ko'lamli masalalar bo'yicha ish olib borgan.^[27] Dunglass kichik vazir vaziri Entoni Muirxedga rasmiy PPS etib tayinlandi Mehnat vazirligi, 1935 yilda va bir yildan kam vaqt o'tgach PPS ga aylandi Bosh vazirning kansleri, Nevill Chemberlen.^[28]

1936 yilda Dunglass uylandi Elizabeth Alington; uning otasi, Kiril Alington, Dunglassning Etonda direktori bo'lgan va 1933 yildan edi Durham dekani. Xizmat qaerda edi Darxem sobori, Alington tomonidan birgalikda o'tkazilgan Uilyam ibodatxonasi, York arxiyepiskopi va Xensli Xenson, Darem episkopi.^[29] Aristokratik mehmonlarning ko'pligidan tashqari, Duglas-Home uylarining uy va mulk xodimlari Duglas qal'asi va Hirsel taklif qilindi.^[29] Nikohning to'rtta farzandi bor edi: Kerolin, Meriel, Diana va Dovud.^[4] So'nggisi Dunglassning merosxo'ri bo'lib, 1995 yilda Home-ning taniqli mulkini meros qilib oldi.^{[n 3]}

Chemberlen va urush

Dunglass tayinlanganda, Chemberlen odatda premerlik merosxo'ri sifatida ko'rilgan.^[31] 1937 yilda amaldagi prezident, Stenli Bolduin, nafaqaga chiqqan va Chemberlen uning o'rnini egalladi. Keyin u Dunglassni o'zining PPS-si sifatida muvaffaqiyatli qo'lga kiritdi, bu biograf tomonidan tasvirlangan rol D. R. Torp "o'ng qo'l ... Nevill Chemberlenning ko'zlari va quloqlari" sifatida,^[32] Dutton tomonidan "Parlament partiyasi bilan aloqa qiluvchi xodim, ma'lumot uzatuvchi va qabul qiluvchi va o'z xo'jayini hukumatning orqa o'rindig'idagi kayfiyat to'g'risida xabardor qilib turuvchi" sifatida.^[33] Bu, ayniqsa, uzoq va begona deb ko'rilgan Chemberlen uchun ayniqsa muhim edi;^[34] Duglas Xerd unga "vakolatli ma'muriyatni adashgan hamkasblariga yoqimli qiladigan shaxsiy jozibasi yo'q edi - bu uning parlament xususiy kotibi juda ko'p bo'lgan sovg'a".^[35] Dunglass o'zining dahshatli shaxsiga qaramay, Chemberlenga qoyil qoldi: "U menga yoqdi va u menga yoqdi deb o'ylayman. Ammo agar kun oxirida suhbat yoki g'iybat uchun kirishgan bo'lsa, u" Siz nima istaysiz? "Deb so'rashga moyil bo'lar edi. ? " U bilan tanishish juda qiyin odam edi ".^[36]

Chemberlenning yordamchisi Dunglass Bosh vazirning ikkinchi jahon urushining oldini olishga qaratilgan urinishlariga bevosita guvoh bo'lganidek tinchlantirish ning Adolf Gitler Germaniya. 1938 yil sentyabr oyida Chamblen Myunxenda Gitler bilan so'nggi uchrashuvini o'tkazganida, Dunglass unga hamroh bo'ldi. Chexoslovakiya hisobiga Gitlerning hududiy talablariga qo'shilish orqali qisqa vaqt ichida tinchlikni kengaytirgan Chambleylni Londonga olomon quvnoq kutib oldi. Dunglassning da'vatiga e'tibor bermasdan, u o'ziga xos "shon-sharaf bilan tinchlik" ni qaytarib berganini va "bizning zamonamizga tinchlik" va'da qilganini aytib, o'ziga xos xususiyatlarga ega bo'lmagan ajoyib nutq so'zladi.^[37] Gitlerning davomli agressiyasi bir yildan kamroq vaqt o'tgach, urushni muqarrar qilib qo'yganida, bu so'zlar uni ta'qib qilishi kerak edi. Chemberlen 1939 yil sentyabr oyida urush boshlanganidan 1940 yil mayigacha Bosh vazir bo'lib qoldi, Dunglassning so'zlari bilan aytganda "u endi konservativ partiyada ko'pchilikni qo'llab-quvvatlay olmas edi".^[38] Hukumatning ko'pchiligi 200 dan 81 gacha tushgan jamoalarda ovoz bergandan so'ng, Chemberlen yo'l oldi Uinston Cherchill. U idoraviy bo'lmagan lavozimni qabul qildi Lord Kengashning Prezidenti yangi koalitsion hukumatda; Dunglass o'zining PPS-si bo'lib qoldi,^[35] ilgari Shotlandiya idorasida kotib o'rinbosari sifatida vazirlik lavozimiga taklifni rad etgan.^[39] Garchi Chemberlenning obro'si Myunxendan hech qachon tiklanmagan bo'lsa va uning tarafdorlari R A Butler Keyingi faoliyati davomida "tinchlanish" yorlig'idan aziyat chekkan Dunglass aybdan deyarli qutulib qoldi.^{[n 4]} Shunga qaramay, Dunglass butun umri davomida Myunxen kelishuvi Buyuk Britaniyani saqlab qolish va fashistlar Germaniyasini mag'lub etish uchun muhim ahamiyatga ega edi, deb ta'kidladi va 1938 yilda kurash olib borolmaydigan urushga tayyorgarlik ko'rish uchun Buyuk Britaniyaga qo'shimcha yil berdi.^[35] Bosh vazirlikdan ketgandan bir necha oy o'tgach, Chemberlen sog'lig'i yomonlasha boshladi; u kabinetdan iste'foga chiqdi va 1940 yil noyabr oyida qisqa kasallikdan so'ng vafot etdi.

Sog'liqni saqlash inqirozi va tiklanish

Dunglass o'z safiga qo'shilishni istab, faol harbiy xizmatga o'z xohishi bilan kelgan edi Lanarkshire Yeomanry^[35] Chemberlen Dauning Stritdan chiqib ketganidan ko'p o'tmay. Natijada o'tkazilgan tibbiy ko'rik Dunglassning umurtqa pog'onasida teshik borligini aniqladi sil kasalligi suyakda. Jarrohlik qilmasdan u bir necha oy ichida yurolmas edi.^[42] 1940 yil sentyabr oyida olti soat davom etgan innovatsion va xavfli operatsiya o'tkazildi, unda umurtqa pog'onasidagi kasal suyak qirib tashlanib, uning o'rniga bemorning suyagidan sog'lom suyak qo'yildi.^[42]

Dunglassning barcha hazillari va sabrlari uchun keyingi ikki yil og'ir sinov bo'ldi. U gips bilan o'ralgan va o'sha davrning aksariyat qismida orqa tomonida tekis turardi. Garchi u xotini va oilasining nozik ko'magi bilan bezovta bo'lsa-da, keyinroq u o'zini tan olganidek: "Men tez-tez o'lganim yaxshiroq deb o'ylardim".^[44] 1942 yil oxirlarida u gipsli kurtkasidan ozod qilindi va umurtqa pog'onasi bilan jihozlandi va 1943 yil boshida operatsiyadan beri birinchi marta mobil edi.^[43] Qobiliyatsizligi paytida u qattiq o'qidi; u o'rgangan asarlar orasida Das Kapital,^{[n 5]} va tomonidan ishlaydi Engels va Lenin, o'n to'qqizinchi va yigirmanchi asr siyosatchilarining tarjimai holi va mualliflarning romanlari Dostoyevskiy ga Koestler.^[46]

Commons-ga, birinchi vazir lavozimiga qaytish

1943 yil iyulda Dunglass 1940 yildan beri birinchi marta jamoatlar palatasiga tashrif buyurdi va orqa tomon a'zosi sifatida, ayniqsa tashqi ishlar sohasidagi tajribasi bilan obro'-e'tibor qozondi.^[47] U Buyuk Britaniyaning imperiyadan keyingi kelajagini oldindan aytib berdi va urushdan keyin Evropaning mustahkam aloqalari zarurligini ta'kidladi.^[48] 1944 yilda, urush endi ittifoqchilar foydasiga o'tayotganligi sababli, Dunglass zudlik bilan qarshilik ko'rsatishning ahamiyati to'g'risida bemalol gapirdi. Sovet Ittifoqi sharqiy Evropada hukmronlik qilish istagi. Uning jamoat oldida Cherchillni taslim bo'lmaslikka undashdagi jasorati Jozef Stalin keng eslatib o'tildi; ko'pchilik, shu jumladan Cherchillning ham ta'kidlashicha, bir vaqtlar tinchlantirish bilan bog'liq bo'lganlarning ba'zilari buni Rossiya tajovuziga qarshi takrorlamaslikka qaror qilishgan.^[49] Leyboristlar 1945 yil may oyida urush davridagi koalitsiyani tark etishdi va Cherchill iyul oyida bo'lib o'tadigan umumiy saylovlarni kutib, vaqtincha konservativ hukumat tuzdi. Dunglass o'zining birinchi vazir lavozimiga tayinlandi: Entoni Eden Tashqi ishlar idorasida mas'ul bo'lib qoldi va Dunglass uning ikki davlat kotibining o'rinbosarlaridan biri etib tayinlandi.^[50]

Urushdan keyingi davr (1945-50)

Iyulda 1945 yilgi umumiy saylov Dunglass Leyboristlarning g'alaba qozonishida parlamentdagi mavqeidan mahrum bo'ldi. Uning otasi, 13-graf, etmish yoshda bo'lganligi sababli, Dunglassning siyosiy karerasi ortda qoldi, chunki u tez orada guldastani meros qilib oladi. O'sha paytda tengdoshlari uchun o'z tengdoshlaridan voz kechish uchun hech qanday shart yo'q edi, bu bilan birga Lordlar palatasida majburiy o'rin olib kelinardi, aksariyat siyosiy hokimiyat yashaydigan jamoatlarda qolish imkoniyati yo'q edi.^[51] Dunglass direktori etib tayinlandi Shotlandiya banki 1946 yilda va u hech qachon bank ishini uzoq muddatli kasb deb hisoblamagan bo'lsa-da, u tijorat va moliya sohasida qimmatli tajribaga ega bo'ldi. U 1951 yilgacha bankda qoldi.^[52]

1950 yilda, Klement Attlei, leyboristlar bosh vaziri, umumiy saylovni tayinladi. Dunglass Lanark uchun Unionist nomzodi sifatida yana bir bor taklif qilindi. Tomonidan 1945 yilgi kampaniya paytida shaxsiy hujumlardan jirkanch bo'lgan Tom Stil, uning leyborist raqibi Dunglass Stilning Kommunistlar partiyasiga va uning a'zolariga ittifoqchilardan joy olishga yordam bergani uchun samimiy minnatdorchilik bildirganini Lanarkga eslatish uchun shoshilmadi. 1950 yilga kelib Sovuq urush eng yuqori chog'da Stilning kommunistlar bilan aloqasi hal qiluvchi saylov mas'uliyati edi.^[53] Dunglass har qanday Britaniyalik saylov okrugidagi eng kichik ko'pchiliklardan biri bilan o'z o'rnini egalladi: 19,890 Leyboristlar partiyasiga 19,205 gacha.^[54] Leyboristlar umumiy saylovlarda ozgina g'alaba qozondi, ko'pchilik 5 ovoz oldi.^[55]

Earldom-ga o'tish

Xirsel, Duglas-Home oilasining asosiy qarorgohi

1951 yil iyulda 13-graf vafot etdi. Dunglass unvoniga meros qilib, uning o'rnini egalladi Uy grafligi keng oilaviy mulk bilan birgalikda, shu jumladan Xirsel, Duglas-Xomesning asosiy qarorgohi. Lordlar uyida yangi lordlar o'z o'rnini egalladi; Lanarkga yangi deputatni tayinlash uchun qo'shimcha saylov chaqirildi, ammo 1951 yil oktyabrda Attle yana bir umumiy saylovni tayinlaganida hali ham kutilmoqda edi.^{[n 6]} Unionistlar Lanarkni o'tkazdilar va milliy natija Cherchill boshchiligidagi konservatorlarga kichik edi ishchi ko'pchilik 17 dan.^[56]

Kabinetda ko'tarilish

Bosh sahifa Shotlandiya idorasida yangi davlat vaziri lavozimiga tayinlandi, o'rta darajadagi lavozim, kotib o'rinbosaridan katta, ammo kichik Jeyms Styuart, vazirlar mahkamasi a'zosi bo'lgan davlat kotibi. Oldin nufuzli bo'lgan Styuart bosh qamchi, Cherchillning ishonchli vakili va ehtimol har qanday hukumatda Shotlandiya kotibi bo'lgan.^[57] Torp yozishicha, Bosh vazir tayinlanishiga Bosh vazirning katta ishtiyoqi bilan emas, balki Styuartning advokati vazifasini bajarishi kerak (Cherchill uni "Uy shirin uyi" deb atagan).^[58] Vazirlik lavozimidan tashqari Bosh vazir a'zosi etib tayinlandi Maxfiy kengash,^[58] sharaf faqat vazirlar mahkamasi darajasidan past bo'lganlarga tanlab beriladi.^[59]

Qirollik shifri - Uy va Shotlandiya idorasi uchun muammo

Cherchillning Bosh vazir lavozimidagi ikkinchi muddati davomida (1951-1955) Bosh sahifa Shotlandiya idorasida qoldi, garchi Eden ham Tashqi ishlar vazirligida va Lord Solsberi da Hamdo'stlik aloqalari idorasi uni vazirlar jamoalariga qo'shilishga taklif qildi.^[60] U bilan shug'ullangan Shotlandiya masalalari orasida gidroelektr loyihalari, tepaliklarda dehqonchilik, dengiz transporti, yo'l transporti, o'rmon xo'jaligi va aholining farovonligi bor edi. krujkalar ichida Tog'lar va G'arbiy orollar.^[61] Bu masalalar Britaniya matbuotida deyarli e'lon qilinmadi, ammo bu savol qirollik shifri Pochta ustunlaridagi qutilar birinchi sahifadagi yangiliklarga aylandi. Chunki Angliya Yelizaveta I hech qachon Shotlandiya qirolichasi bo'lmagan, ba'zi millatchilar buni saqlab qolishgan Yelizaveta II 1952 yilda Britaniya taxtiga Shotlandiyada uni "Yelizaveta I" uslubida kiydirish kerak edi. Cherchill jamoat palatasida "Shotlandiyaning ulug'vorligi va ulug'vorligini", shuningdek, Shotlandlarning Britaniya va dunyo tarixiga qo'shgan hissasini hisobga olgan holda "ular o'zlarining eng ahmoqona odamlarini tartibda saqlashlari kerakligini" aytdi.^[62] Shunga qaramay, uy Shotlandiyada yangi ustunlar qutilari to'liq shifr o'rniga shohona toj bilan bezatilgan edi.^[63]

1955 yilda Eden Cherchillni Bosh vazir lavozimiga egallaganida, u uyni vazirlar mahkamasiga tayinladi Hamdo'stlik aloqalari bo'yicha davlat kotibi. Ushbu tayinlash paytida Bosh vazir vazirlar vakolatiga kiradigan bironta davlatda bo'lmagan va u tezda tashrif buyurishni rejalashtirgan Avstraliya, Yangi Zelandiya, Singapur, Hindiston, Pokiston va Seylon.^[64] U Hamdo'stlik mamlakatlaridan kelgan immigratsiyaning nozik mavzusi bilan shug'ullanishi kerak edi, u erda bir tomondan Buyuk Britaniya va Avstraliyaning ba'zi hududlarida oq bo'lmagan immigratsiyaga qarshilik o'rtasida nozik muvozanat o'rnatilishi kerak edi, ikkinchidan. kamsituvchi siyosat olib borilsa, Britaniyaning tijorat manfaatlariga qarshi Hindiston va Pokistondagi sanktsiyalar.^[65] Biroq, ko'p jihatdan Uy tayinlanishni boshlaganida, bu Hamdo'stlik tarixidagi nisbatan notekis davr bo'lib tuyuldi. 1947 yilda Hindiston mustaqilligining g'alayonlari o'tmishda yaxshi bo'lgan va 1960-yillarni dekolonizatsiya to'lqini hali kutmagan edi.^[66] Biroq, Hamdo'stlik birligini saqlab qolish uchun uyga tushdi Suvaysh inqirozi 1956 yilda, Dutton tomonidan "hozirgi kungacha o'z tarixidagi eng bo'linuvchi" deb ta'riflangan.^[64] Avstraliya, Yangi Zelandiya va Janubiy Afrika, Suvaysh kanali ustidan nazoratni tiklash uchun Angliya-Frantsiya Misrga bostirib kirishini qo'llab-quvvatladilar. Kanada, Seylon, Hindiston va Pokiston bunga qarshi chiqishdi.^[67]

Tseylon, Hindiston va xususan Pokiston Hamdo'stlikni tark etishining haqiqiy xavfi mavjud edi.^[67] Uy bosqinni qo'llab-quvvatlashda qat'iy edi, ammo u bilan aloqalarni ishlatgan Javaharlal Neru, V. K. Krishna Menon, Nan Pandit Hamdo'stlikni parchalanishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik uchun boshqalar.^[68] Eden bilan munosabatlari qo'llab-quvvatladi va tinchlandi; u boshqalarga o'xshamagan Edenni ham xalqaro miqyosda, ham vazirlar mahkamasi a'zolari orasida Suezga nisbatan bezovtalikdan ogohlantirishga qodirligini sezdi. Eden ikkinchisini "zaif opa-singillar" deb rad etdi;^[69] eng taniqli bo'lgan Rab Butler Gitlerni tinchlantirishni qo'llab-quvvatlaganligi sababli, Suezga nisbatan ikkilanib qolganligi uning konservativ partiyadagi mavqeiga putur etkazdi.^[70] 1956 yil noyabrida AQSh bosimi ostida bosqindan voz kechilganda, Xom Hamdo'stlikning norozi a'zolari bilan birgalikda Duglas Xird "zamonaviy ko'p millatli Hamdo'stlik" deb nom olgan tashkilotni qurish uchun ish olib bordi.^[35]

Makmillan hukumati

Eden 1957 yil yanvar oyida iste'foga chiqdi. 1955 yilda u Cherchillning aniq vorisi bo'lgan, ammo bu safar aniq merosxo'r yo'q edi. Konservativ partiyaning rahbarlari deputatlar yoki partiya a'zolarining ovoz berishlari bilan saylanmaganlar, ammo "odatiy maslahatlashuv jarayonlari" deb nomlanuvchi partiyadagi norasmiy ovozlardan so'ng paydo bo'lganlar.^[71] Bosh qamchi, Edvard Xit, orqa tarafdagi konservativ deputatlar va ikkita katta konservativ tengdoshlar, kengashning lord prezidenti lord solsberi va lord kansler, Lord Kilmuir, o'zlarining afzalliklarini aniqlash uchun kabinet a'zolarini alohida ko'rishdi. Faqat bitta kabinet hamkasbi Butlerni qo'llab-quvvatladi; qolganlari, shu jumladan Uy, tanlagan Garold Makmillan. Qirolicha maslahat bergan Cherchill ham shunday qildi.^[72] Makmillan 1957 yil 10 yanvarda Bosh vazir etib tayinlandi.

In yangi ma'muriyat Uy Hamdo'stlik aloqalari idorasida qoldi. Uning ko'p vaqtlari tegishli masalalarga sarflangan Afrika, qaerda kelajak Bechuanaland va Markaziy Afrika Federatsiyasi kelishish kerak edi. U ishtirok etgan boshqa masalalar qatorida Hindiston va Pokiston o'rtasidagi nizo ham bor edi Kashmir, yordamli emigratsiya Britaniyadan Avstraliyaga va bilan aloqalar Arxiepiskop Makarios ning Kipr. Oxirgi narsa kutilmaganda Bosh sahifa uchun kabinet rolini oshirishga olib keldi. Buyuk Britaniyaga qarshi va yunonparast jangari harakati rahbari Makarios surgun paytida hibsga olingan Seyshel orollari. Makmillan, Uy va vazirlarning ko'pchiligining kelishuvi bilan, ushbu qamoq Britaniyaning Kiprdagi mavqeiga zarar etkazishdan ko'ra ko'proq zarar etkazmoqda deb qaror qildi va Makariosning ozod qilinishini buyurdi. Lord Solsberi ushbu qarorga qat'iyan qarshi chiqdi va 1957 yil mart oyida vazirlar mahkamasidan iste'foga chiqdi. Makmillan Solsberining ma'suliyatini uyning mavjud vazifalariga qo'shib, uni Kengashning lord prezidenti qildi va Lordlar palatasining rahbari. Ushbu lavozimlarning birinchisi asosan sharafli edi, ammo Lordlar rahbariyati yuqori palata orqali hukumat ishini olib borishni uyga topshirdi va uni hokimiyat markaziga yaqinlashtirdi.^[73] Hurdning iborasida: "Britaniya siyosatiga xos sezilmaydigan jarayonga ko'ra u oyma-oy o'zini topdi, hech qanday manevr qilmasdan, hukumatda ajralmas shaxsga aylandi".^[35]

Iain Macleod, Uy bilan qiyin munosabatda bo'lgan

Hamkasblar va raqiblar uyga umuman iliq munosabatda bo'lishdi va unga yaxshi javob bermagan siyosatchilar kam edi. Ulardan biri Attlei edi, ammo ularning siyosiy ustunliklari bir-biriga to'g'ri kelmaganligi sababli, bu kichik oqibatlarga olib keldi.^[74] Keyinchalik muhimroq edi Iain Macleod Uy bilan qattiq munosabatlar. Makleod, Mustamlakalar bo'yicha davlat kotibi 1959–61 yillarda, xuddi Butler singari, Konservativ partiyaning liberal qanotida edi; u Uyda bo'lmaganidek, Britaniyaning Afrikadagi mustamlakalari iloji boricha tezroq ko'pchilik hukmronligi va mustaqilligiga ega bo'lishi kerakligiga amin edi. Ularning ta'sir doiralari Markaziy Afrika Federatsiyasida bir-birining ustiga chiqib ketgan.^{[n 7]}

Makleod ko'pchilik hukmronligi va mustaqilligi bilan oldinga siljishni xohladi; Uy mustaqillikka nisbatan bosqichma-bosqich yondashishga ishonar edi, oq tanli ozchilikni ham, qora tanli ko'pchilikning fikri va manfaatlarini ham hisobga olgan holda. Makleod mustaqillikni cho'ktirish yangi mustaqil bo'lgan mamlakatlarni "balo, janjal, qashshoqlik, diktatura" va boshqa yomon illatlarga olib borishi haqida ogohlantiruvchilar bilan rozi emas edi.^[76] Uning javobi: "Rimliklarning Britaniyada qolishini xohlarmidingiz?"^[76] Agar u rahbarni ozod qilishga ruxsat berilmasa, u iste'foga chiqishini aytdi Nyasaland faol Xastings Banda qamoqdan, bu uy va boshqalar aqlsiz va federatsiyadagi oq ozchiliklar orasida Britaniyaga ishonchsizlikni keltirib chiqarish uchun javobgar deb o'ylagan.^[77] Makleodning fikri bor edi, ammo bu vaqtga kelib Uy endi Hamdo'stlik bilan aloqalar idorasida yo'q edi.^[78]

Tashqi ishlar vaziri (1960–63)

1960 yilda kassler, Derik Xitkoat-Amori, nafaqaga chiqishni talab qildi.^[79] Makmillan "Heathcoat-Amory" bilan eng yaxshi voris deb rozi bo'ldi Xazina hozirgi tashqi ishlar vaziri bo'lar edi, Selvin Lloyd.^[80] Lloydni tashqi ishlar idorasida qabul qilish uchun qobiliyat va tajriba jihatidan aniq nomzod Uy edi,^[35] ammo 1960 yilga kelib tashqi ishlar vazirining jamoalar palatasi a'zosi bo'lishiga umid bor edi. O'shandan beri bu lavozimni tengdoshi egallamagan edi Lord Galifaks 1938–40 yillarda; Eden 1955 yilda Solsberini tayinlashni xohlagan edi, ammo bu jamoatlarga ma'qul kelmaydi degan xulosaga keldi.^[81]

Edvard Xit, Tashqi ishlar vazirligidagi uyning o'rinbosari. Keyinchalik ular bir-birlarining kabinetlarida xizmat qilishdi.

Lloyd va yuqori lavozimli davlat xizmatchilari bilan munozaralardan so'ng Makmillan misli ko'rilmagan qadam tashlab, tashqi ishlar vazirlari mahkamasining ikki vazirini tayinladi: tashqi ishlar vaziri sifatida lordlarda uy va Edvard Xit Lord Privy Seal va tashqi ishlar vazirining muovini, jamoatlarda. Buyuk Britaniyaga kirish uchun ariza bilan Evropa iqtisodiy hamjamiyati (EEC) kutib turib, Xitga Evropa Ittifoqi muzokaralari uchun va umuman tashqi aloqalar bo'yicha Commonsda chiqish uchun alohida mas'uliyat yuklandi.^[82]

Muxolifatdagi Leyboristlar partiyasi Uyning tayinlanishida norozilik bildirdi; uning rahbari, Xyu Gaytskell, tengdoshining Tashqi ishlar idorasini boshqarishi "konstitutsiyaviy jihatdan e'tirozli" ekanligini aytdi.^[83] Makmillan, tug'ilish bilan bog'liq bo'lgan baxtsiz hodisa unga "ish uchun eng yaxshi odam - men yonimda istagan odam" xizmatidan voz kechishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik kerak, deb javob berdi.^[83] Hurd shunday dedi: "Bu kabi barcha sun'iy qo'zg'alishlar singari u ham bir muncha vaqt o'tgach to'xtab qoldi (va haqiqatan ham o'n to'qqiz yil o'tgach, kuch bilan yangilanmadi) Margaret Tetcher boshqa tengdoshni tayinladi, Lord Karrington, xuddi shu xabarga). "^[35] Home-Heath sherikligi yaxshi ishladi. Turli xil kelib chiqishi va yoshiga qaramay - Uy an Edvardian aristokrat va Xit urushlar oralig'ida ko'tarilgan o'rta-quyi darajadagi meritokrat - bu ikki kishi bir-birlarini hurmat qilishgan va yoqtirishgan. Bosh sahifa Makmillanning Britaniyani Evropa Ittifoqiga qabul qilish istagini qo'llab-quvvatladi va muzokaralarni Xitning qo'lida qoldirishdan xursand edi.^[35]

Uyning diqqat-e'tibori, asosan, Sovuq urush Sovet Ittifoqi bilan muomala qilishda pragmatik yondashuv uning kuch bilan ifoda etilgan anti-kommunistik e'tiqodiga ta'sir qildi. Uning bu sohadagi birinchi katta muammosi 1961 yilda Sovet rahbarining buyrug'i bilan Nikita Xrushchev, Berlin devori to'xtatish uchun o'rnatildi Sharqiy nemislar qochish G'arbiy Germaniya orqali G'arbiy Berlin. Bosh sahifa amerikalik hamkasbiga shunday deb yozdi: Din Rask, "Sharqiy berlinliklarning G'arbiy Berlinga kirib kelishining oldini olish hech qachon bo'lmagan casus belli Biz uchun. Biz G'arbning Berlinga kirishidan xavotirdamiz va shuni saqlashimiz kerak. "^[84] G'arbiy Germaniya, Buyuk Britaniya va AQSh hukumatlari tezda o'zlarining muzokaralardagi pozitsiyalari to'g'risida kelishuvga erishdilar; ishontirish uchun qoldi Prezident de Goll o'zini ittifoqchilar bilan birlashtirish uchun Frantsiya. Makmillan ularning munozaralari davomida de Goll "pokerning har doimgiday iliqliksiz barcha qattiqligini" ko'rsatdi, deb izohladi.^[85] Shartnoma tuzildi va ittifoqchilar devor o'z joyida qolishini jimgina tan oldilar. Sovetlar o'z navbatida Sharqiy Germaniya hududi orqali G'arbiy Berlinga ittifoqdosh kirishni to'xtatishga intilmadilar.^[86]

Keyingi yil Kuba raketa inqirozi sovuq urushni yadro urushiga aylantirish bilan tahdid qildi. Sovet yadroviy raketalari Kubaga AQShga provokatsion ravishda olib kelingan. Amerika prezidenti, Jon F Kennedi, ularni olib tashlash kerakligini ta'kidladilar va ko'pchilik dunyoni ikki super kuchlar o'rtasidagi yadro almashinuvi bilan falokat yoqasida deb o'ylashdi.^[87] Yozib bo'lmaydigan xotirjamlik obro'siga qaramay, Makmillan tabiatan asabiy va juda chayqalgan edi.^[35] Raketa inqirozi paytida, uyqusi chinakam va tug'ma bo'lgan Uy Bosh vazirning qarorini kuchaytirdi va uni Kennedining Sovet Ittifoqining yadro hujumi tahdidlariga qarshi turishini qo'llab-quvvatladi.^[35] Lord Kantsler (Lord Dilhorne ), the Bosh prokuror (Ser Jon Xobson ) va Bosh advokat, (Ser Piter Ravlinson ) xususiy ravishda Uyga Amerikaning Kubani qamal qilishi xalqaro huquqni buzish degan fikrni bildirdi,^{[n 8]} ammo u Kennedini kuchli qo'llab-quvvatlash siyosatini himoya qilishni davom ettirdi.^[90] Xrushyovov chekinib, Sovet raketalarini Kubadan olib tashlaganida, Uy quyidagicha izoh berdi:

Rossiyaning motivlari haqida yaxshi taxminlar mavjud edi. Men uchun ular juda aniq. Ularning maqsadi Qo'shma Shtatlarning irodasini sinab ko'rish va Qo'shma Shtatlar Prezidentining kuch tahdidiga qarshi qanday munosabatda bo'lishini ko'rish edi. Agar Prezident Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari xavfsizligiga ta'sir qiladigan masalada bir lahzaga muvaffaqiyatsizlikka uchraganida, Amerikaning biron bir ittifoqdoshi Qo'shma Shtatlar himoyasiga yana ishonch bildirmagan bo'lar edi.^[91]

Tashqi ishlar vaziri lavozimida ishlashning asosiy belgisi sharq-g'arbiy munosabatlar sohasida ham bo'lgan: muzokaralar va imzolash Yadro sinovlarini qisman taqiqlash to'g'risidagi shartnoma 1963 yilda u amerikalik va sovet hamkasblari Rask va Andrey Gromyko. Ikkinchisining yozishicha, u Uy bilan uchrashganida "kutilmagan, hali unchalik yorqin bo'lmagan yutuqlar" bo'lgan, ammo "har bir uchrashuv keyingi uchrashuvni osonlashtiradigan madaniyatli taassurot qoldirgan". Gromyko Xom Britaniya tashqi siyosatiga aniqlik qo'shdi degan xulosaga keldi.^[92] Gromyko, Home va Rask shartnomani 1963 yil 5 avgustda Moskvada imzoladilar.^[93] Kubaning raketa inqirozi xalqaro miqyosda qo'zg'atgandan so'ng, atmosferada, kosmosda va suv ostida yadro sinovlarini taqiqlash sovuq urushni to'xtatish uchun qadam sifatida keng kutib olindi.^[93] Buyuk Britaniya hukumati uchun Moskvadan xushxabarni e'tiborni chetga tortish uchun ikki karra mamnuniyat bilan kutib olindi Profumo ishi, o'z ichiga olgan jinsiy janjal katta vazir, bu Makmillan ma'muriyatini zaif ko'rinishga olib keldi.^[94]

Makmillanning vorisi

Lord Hailsham, Macmillanning voris sifatida asl afzalligi

1963 yil oktyabrda, Konservativ partiyaning yillik konferentsiyasi arafasida, Makmillan a prostata bezining obstruktsiyasi. Shart avvaliga ayon bo'lganidan jiddiyroq o'ylangan edi va u voris tayinlangandan so'ng bosh vazir lavozimidan ketishini e'lon qildi. Uchta katta siyosatchi "Rab" Butlerning vorislari deb hisoblangan (Bosh vazir o'rinbosari va Birinchi davlat kotibi ), Reginald Modling (Mablag 'kansleri) va Lord Hailsham (Kengashning lord prezidenti va Lordlar palatasining rahbari). The Times ularning qo'llab-quvvatlashini sarhisob qildi:

Janob Butler, shubhasiz, hozirda asosiy tashabbusni ilgari surish kerak bo'lgan kabinetdagi ko'pchilikka ishonishi mumkin. Mr. Maudling, when Parliament dispersed at the beginning of August, could have commanded a majority among backbenchers in the Commons. Lord Hailsham, as his reception showed today on his first appearance before the conference, continues to be the darling of the constituency associations.^[95]

In the same article, Home was mentioned in passing as "a fourth hypothetical candidate" on whom the party could compromise if necessary.^[95]

It was assumed in the Times article, and by other commentators, that if Hailsham (or Home) was a candidate he would have to renounce his peerage.^[95] This had been made possible for the first time by recent legislation.^{[n 9]} The last British prime minister to sit in the House of Lords was the Solsberi markasi, in 1902. By 1923, having to choose between Baldwin and Lord Curzon, Jorj V decided that "the requirements of the present times" obliged him to appoint a prime minister from the Commons. His private secretary recorded that the King "believed he would not be fulfilling his trust were he now to make his selection of Prime Minister from the House of Lords".^[98] Similarly, after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain in 1940 there were two likely successors, Churchill and Halifax, but the latter ruled himself out for the premiership on the grounds that his membership of the House of Lords disqualified him.^[99] In 1963, therefore, it was well established that the prime minister should be a member of the House of Commons.^[4] On 10 October Hailsham announced his intention to renounce his viscountcy.^[100]

The "customary processes" once again took place. The usual privacy of the consultations was made impossible because they took place during the party conference, and the potential successors made their bids very publicly. Butler had the advantage of giving the party leader's keynote address to the conference in Macmillan's absence, but was widely thought to have wasted the opportunity by delivering an uninspiring speech.^[101] Hailsham put off many potential backers by his extrovert, and some thought vulgar, campaigning.^[102] Maudling, like Butler, made a speech that failed to impress the conference. Senior Conservative figures such as Lord Vulton and Selwyn Lloyd urged Home to make himself available for consideration.^[103]

Having ruled himself out of the race when the news of Macmillan's illness broke, Home angered at least two of his cabinet colleagues by changing his mind.^[4] Macmillan quickly came to the view that Home would be the best choice as his successor, and gave him valuable behind-the-scenes backing. He let it be known that if he recovered he would be willing to serve as a member of a Home cabinet.^[104] He had earlier favoured Hailsham, but changed his mind when he learned from Devid Ormsbi-Gor, 5-baron Harlech, the British ambassador to the United States, that the Kennedi ma'muriyati was uneasy at the prospect of Hailsham as Prime Minister,^[105] and from his chief whip that Hailsham, seen as a right-winger, would alienate moderate voters.^[106]

Butler, by contrast, was seen as on the liberal wing of the Conservatives, and his election as leader might split the party.^[106] The Lord Chancellor, Lord Dilhorne, conducted a poll of cabinet members, and reported to Macmillan that taking account of first and second preferences there were ten votes for Home, four for Maudling, three for Butler and two for Hailsham.^{[107][n 10]}

The appointment of a prime minister remained part of the qirollik huquqi, on which the monarch had no constitutional duty to consult an outgoing prime minister. Nevertheless, Macmillan advised the Queen that he considered Home the right choice.^[109] Little of this was known beyond the senior ranks of the party and the royal secretariat. 18 oktyabrda The Times ran the headline, "The Queen May Send for Mr. Butler Today".^[110] Daily Telegraph va Financial Times also predicted that Butler was about to be appointed.^[111] The Queen sent for Home the same day. Aware of the divisions within the governing party, she did not appoint him Prime Minister, but invited him to see whether he was able to form a government.^[112]

Home's cabinet colleagues Enox Pauell va Iain Macleod, who disapproved of his candidacy, made a last-minute effort to prevent him from taking office by trying to persuade Butler and the other candidates not to take posts in a Home cabinet.^[113] Butler, however, believed it to be his duty to serve in the cabinet;^[35] he refused to have any part in the conspiracy, and accepted the post of Foreign Secretary.^[114] The other candidates followed Butler's lead and only Powell and Macleod held out and refused office under Home.^[114] Macleod commented, "One does not expect to have many people with one in the last ditch."^[77] On 19 October Home was able to return to Bukingem saroyi ga kiss hands Bosh vazir sifatida.^[115] The press was not only wrong-footed by the appointment, but generally highly critical. The pro-Labour Daily Mirror said on its front page:

A nice chap and a polite peer. Ammo Kaligula tayinlash his horse as a consul was an act of prudent statesmanship compared with this gesture of sickbed levity by Mr. Macmillan. ... Alec (not Smart Alec – just Alec) is playing chess with a Cabinet containing at least four members of greater stature, brain-power, personality and potential than himself. Butler has been betrayed, Maudling insulted, Macleod ignored, Heath treated with contempt, and Hailsham giggled out of court by the jester in hospital.^[116]

The Times, generally pro-Conservative, had backed Butler,^[117] and called it "prodigal" of the party to pass over his many talents. The paper praised Home as "an outstandingly successful Foreign Secretary", but doubted his grasp of domestic affairs, his modernising instincts and his suitability "to carry the Conservative Party through a fierce and probably dirty campaign" at the general election due within a year.^[118] Guardian, liberal in its political outlook, remarked that Home "does not look like the man to impart force and purpose to his Cabinet and the country" and suggested that he seemed too frail politically to be even a stop-gap.^[119] Kuzatuvchi, another liberal-minded paper, said, "The overwhelming – and damaging – impression left by the events of the last two weeks is that the Tories have been forced to settle for a second-best. ... The calmness and steadiness which made him a good Foreign Secretary, particularly at times of crisis like Berlin and Cuba, may also be a liability."^[120]

In January 1964 Macleod, now editor of Tomoshabin, used the pretext of a review of a book tomonidan Randolf Cherchill to publicise his own different and very detailed version of the leadership election. He described the "soundings" of five Tory leaders, four of whom including Home and Macmillan had attended Eton, as a conspiracy by an Etonian "magic circle".^[121] The article received wide publicity; Entoni Xovard later declared himself "deeply affronted ... and never more affronted than when Alec Douglas-Home became leader of the Conservative Party".^[122]

Prime Minister (1963–64)

Premiership of Alec Duglas-Home
19 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
Premer	Alec Duglas-Home
Kabinet	Douglas-Home ministry
Partiya	Konservativ
Belgilagich	Yelizaveta II
O'rindiq	Dauning ko'chasi, 10-uy
← Garold Makmillan • Garold Uilson →
Royal Arms of the Government

On 23 October 1963, four days after becoming Prime Minister, Home disclaimed his earldom and associated lesser peerages, under the Peerage Act 1963 yil.^{[n 11]} Having been made a knight of the Qushqo'nmas ordeni in 1962, he was known after stepping down from the Lords as Sir Alec Douglas-Home.^[35] The safe Unionist seat of Kinross and West Perthshire was vacant following the sudden death of Gilmour Leburn and the candidate initially adopted, Jorj Younger, agreed to stand aside. Douglas-Home was thus adopted as his party's candidate. Parliament was due to meet on 24 October after the summer recess, but its return was postponed until 12 November pending the by-election.^[124] For twenty days^{[n 12]} Douglas-Home was Prime Minister while a member of neither house of Parliament, a situation without modern precedent.^{[n 13]} U yutdi the 7 November by-election with a majority of 9,328; the Liberal candidate was in second place and Labour in third.^[127]

Garold Uilson, an opponent of Douglas-Home

The Parliamentary leader of the opposition Labour party, Garold Uilson, attacked the new prime minister as "an elegant anachronism". He asserted that nobody from Douglas-Home's background knew of the problems of ordinary families. In particular, Wilson demanded to know how "a scion of an effete establishment" could lead the technological revolution that Wilson held to be necessary: "This is the counter-revolution ... After half a century of democratic advance, of social revolution, the whole process has ground to a halt with a fourteenth earl!"^[115] Douglas-Home dismissed this as inverted snobbery, and observed, "I suppose Mr Wilson, when you come to think of it, is the fourteenth Mr Wilson."^[35][128] He called Wilson "this slick salesman of synthetic science" and the Labour party "the only relic of class consciousness in the country".^[129] The opposition retreated, with a statement in the press that "The Labour Party is not interested in the fact that the new prime minister inherited a fourteenth Earldom – he cannot help his antecedents any more than the rest of us."^[130]

Douglas-Home inherited from Macmillan a government widely perceived as in decline; Hurd wrote that it was "becalmed in a sea of satire and scandal."^[35] Douglas-Home was the target of satirists on BBC televideniesi va Maxsus ko'z jurnal.^{[n 14]} Unlike Wilson, he was not at ease on television, and came across as less spontaneous than his opponent.^[4]

In international affairs the most dramatic event during Douglas-Home's premiership was the Prezident Kennedining o'ldirilishi in November 1963. Douglas-Home broadcast a tribute on television.^[134] He had liked and worked well with Kennedy, and did not develop such a satisfactory relationship with Lindon Jonson. Their governments had a serious disagreement on the question of British trade with Cuba.^[35] Under Douglas-Home the colonies of Shimoliy Rodeziya and Nyasaland gained independence, though this was as a result of negotiations led by Macleod under the Macmillan government.^[135]

In Britain there was economic prosperity; exports "zoomed", according to The Times, and the economy was growing at an annual rate of four per cent.^[136] Douglas-Home made no pretence to economic expertise; he commented that his problems were of two sorts: "The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible."^[137] On another occasion he said, "When I have to read economic documents I have to have a box of matches and start moving them into position to simplify and illustrate the points to myself."^[138] He left Maudling in charge at the Treasury, and promoted Heath to a new business and economic portfolio. The latter took the lead in the one substantial piece of domestic legislation of Douglas-Home's premiership, the abolition of resale price maintenance.^[35]

The Resale Prices Bill was introduced to deny manufacturers and suppliers the power to stipulate the prices at which their goods must be sold by the retailer. At the time, up to forty per cent of goods sold in Britain were subject to such price fixing, to the detriment of competition and to the disadvantage of the consumer.^[139] Douglas-Home, less instinctively liberal on economic matters than Heath, would probably not have sponsored such a proposal unprompted.^[35] However, he gave Heath his backing, in the face of opposition from some cabinet colleagues, including Butler, Hailsham and Lloyd,^[140] and a substantial number of Conservative backbenchers. They believed the change would benefit supermarkets and other large retailers at the expense of proprietors of small shops.^[139] The government was forced to make concessions to avoid defeat. Retail price maintenance would continue to be legal for some goods; these included books, on which it remained in force until market forces led to its abandonment in 1995.^[141] Manufacturers and suppliers would also be permitted to refuse to supply any retailer who sold their goods at less than cost price, as a zarar yetakchisi.^[139] The bill had a difficult Parliamentary passage during which the Labour party generally abstained, leaving the Conservatives to vote for or against their own government. The bill received the qirollik roziligi in July 1964, but did not become operative until 1965, by which time Douglas-Home, Heath and their colleagues were out of office.^[142]

A plot to kidnap Douglas-Home in April 1964 was foiled by the Prime Minister himself. Two left-wing students from the Aberdin universiteti followed him to the house of Jon va Priscilla Buchan, u qaerda qoldi. He was alone at the time and answered the door, where the students told him that they planned to kidnap him. He responded, "I suppose you realise if you do, the Conservatives will win the election by 200 or 300." He gave his intending abductors some beer, and they abandoned their plot.^{[n 15]}

The term of the Parliament elected in 1959 was due to expire in October 1964. Parliament was dissolved on 25 September and after three weeks of campaigning the 1964 yil Birlashgan Qirollikning umumiy saylovi took place on 15 October. Douglas-Home's speeches dealt with the future of the nuclear deterrent, while fears of Britain's relative decline in the world, reflected in chronic balance of payment problems, helped the Labour Party's case.^[145] The Conservatives under Douglas-Home did much better than widely predicted, but Labour under Wilson won with a narrow majority. Labour won 317 seats, the Conservatives 304 and the Liberals 9.^[146]

In Opposition (1964–70)

As Leader of the Opposition, Douglas-Home persuaded Macleod and Powell to rejoin the Conservative front bench. Within weeks of the general election Butler retired from politics, accepting the post of Master of Trinity kolleji, Kembrij together with a life peerage.^[147] Douglas-Home did not immediately allocate soya portfolios to his colleagues, but in January 1965 he gave Maudling the foreign affairs brief and Heath became spokesman on Treasury and economic affairs.^[148] There was no immediate pressure for Douglas-Home to hand over the leadership to a member of the younger generation, but by early 1965 a new Conservative group called PEST (Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism) had discreetly begun to call for a change.^[149] Douglas-Home either did not know, or chose to ignore, the fact that Heath had made a donation to PEST. He decided that the time was coming for him to retire as leader, with Heath as his preferred successor.^[150]

Enox Pauell returned to the Conservative front bench in 1964 and later sought the party leadership.

Determined that the party should abandon the "customary processes of consultation", which had caused such rancour when he was appointed in 1963, Douglas-Home set up an orderly process of secret balloting by Conservative MPs for the election of his immediate and future successors as party leader. In the interests of impartiality the ballot was organised by the 1922 qo'mitasi, the backbench Conservative MPs.^[151] Douglas-Home announced his resignation as Conservative leader on 22 July 1965. Three candidates stood in the 1965 yil Konservativ partiyaning etakchiligiga saylash: Heath, Maudling and Powell. Heath won with 150 votes (one of them cast by Douglas-Home) to 133 for Maudling and 15 for Powell.^[152]

Douglas-Home accepted the foreign affairs portfolio in Heath's shadow cabinet. Many expected this to be a short-lived appointment, a prelude to Douglas-Home's retirement from politics.^[153] It came at a difficult time in British foreign relations: events in the o'zini o'zi boshqaradigan koloniya ning Rodeziya (formerly Southern Rhodesia), which had been drifting towards crisis for some years, finally erupted into open rebellion against British sovereignty. The predominantly white minority government there opposed an immediate transfer to black majority rule before the colony had achieved sovereign statehood, and in November 1965 it bir tomonlama e'lon qilingan mustaqillik. Douglas-Home won the approval of left-wing Labour MPs such as Wedgwood Benn for his unwavering opposition to the rebel government, and for ignoring those on the right wing of the Conservative party who sympathised with the rebels on racial grounds.^[153]

In 1966 Douglas-Home became president of the Marylebone kriket klubi (MCC), which was then the governing body of English and world cricket. The presidency had generally been a largely ceremonial position, but Douglas-Home became embroiled in two controversies, one of them with international implications.^[154] This was the so-called "D'Oliveira ishi ", in which the inclusion of a non-white player in the England team to tour South Africa led to the cancellation of the tour by the aparteid rejim in Pretoriya. In his account of the affair, the political journalist Piter Oborne criticises Douglas-Home for his vacillating attitude towards South African Prime Minister Jon Vorster with whom, says Oborne, "he was no more robust than Chamberlain had been with Hitler thirty years earlier".^[155] Douglas-Home's advice to the MCC committee not to press the South Africans for advance assurances on D'Oliveira's acceptability, and his optimistic assurances that all would be well, became a matter of much criticism from a group of MCC members led by the Rev David Sheppard.^[154] The second controversy was not one of race but of social class. Brian Close was dropped as England captain in favour of Kolin Kovri. Close was dropped after using delaying tactics when captaining Yorkshir in a county match, but the move was widely seen as biased towards cricketers from the old amateur tradition,^[156] which had officially ended in 1963.^{[n 16]}

Wilson's small majority after the 1964 general election had made the transaction of government business difficult, and in 1966 he called another election in which Labour gained a strong working majority of 96. Some older members of Heath's team, including Lloyd, retired from the front bench, making room for members of the next generation.^[160] Heath moved Maudling to the foreign affairs portfolio, and Douglas-Home took over Lloyd's responsibilities as spokesman on Commonwealth relations.^[160] Heath was widely seen as ineffective against Wilson, and as the 1970 yilgi umumiy saylov approached there was concern within the party that he would lose, and that Powell would seek to replace him as leader. Maudling and the chief whip, Uilyam Whitelaw, believed that if Heath had to resign Douglas-Home would be the safest candidate to keep Powell out.^[161] Douglas-Home shared their view that Labour would win the 1970 election, and that Heath might then have to resign, but he declined to commit himself. To the surprise of almost everyone except Heath, the Conservatives won the election, with a majority of 31 seats.^[162]

Douglas-Home received an Faxriy doktorlik dan Heriot-Vatt universiteti 1966 yilda.^[163]

Foreign and Commonwealth secretary (1970–74)

Heath invited Douglas-Home to join the cabinet, taking charge of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. In earlier centuries it had not been exceptional for a former prime minister to serve in the cabinet of a successor, and even in the previous fifty years Artur Balfour, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain had done so.^{[n 17]} As of 2019, Douglas-Home is the last former premier to have served under a successor.^[171] Of Balfour's appointment to Asquith 's cabinet in 1916, Lord Rozberi, who had been Prime Minister in 1894–95, said that having an ex-premier in the cabinet was "a fleeting and dangerous luxury".^[172] Thorpe writes that Heath's appointment of Douglas-Home "was not a luxury but an essential buttress to his administration".^[172]

The Wilson administration had merged the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1966 into the Hamdo'stlik idorasi,^[173] which, two years later, was merged with the Foreign Office, to form the Tashqi ishlar va Hamdo'stlik idorasi (FCO).^[174] Heath appointed Douglas-Home to head the department, with, once again, a second cabinet minister, this time Entoni Barber, principally responsible, as Heath had been in the 1960s, for negotiations on Britain's joining the EEC. This time, however, both ministers were in the Commons; Barber's cabinet post was officially Lankaster knyazligi.^[175]

Within weeks of the election Barber was moved from the FCO to the Treasury to take over as Chancellor from Iain Macleod, who died suddenly on 20 July. Though they had never enjoyed an easy relationship, Douglas-Home recognised his colleague's stature, and felt his loss politically as well as personally.^[176] Some commentators have maintained that Macleod's death and replacement by the less substantial figure of Barber fatally undermined the economic success of the Heath government.^[177]

Barber was replaced at the FCO by Jefri Rippon, who handled the day-to-day negotiations, under the direction of Heath. Douglas-Home, as before, concentrated on east–west and Commonwealth matters. He was in agreement with Heath's policy on the EEC, and did much to persuade doubters on the right wing of the Conservative party of the desirability of Britain's entry. Hurd writes:

By temperament and background he was some distance removed from Heath's passionate commitment to a united Europe. All the more important was his steadfast support for British entry, which he based on a clear assessment of Britain's place in the modern world, and in particular her relationship with France and Germany on the one hand and the United States on the other ... thus providing the right of the Conservative Party with much needed assurance.^[35]

Andrey Gromyko, Douglas-Home's Soviet counterpart

In east–west relations, Douglas-Home continued his policy of keeping the Soviet Union at bay. In September 1971, after receiving no satisfactory results from negotiations with Gromyko about the flagrant activities of the KGB in Britain, he expelled 105 Soviet diplomats for spying.^[178] In addition to the furore arising from this,^[179] the Soviets felt that the British government's approach to negotiations on détente in Europe was over-cautious, even sceptical.^[178] Gromyko was nonetheless realistic enough to maintain a working relationship with the British government.^[179] Within days of the expulsions from London he and Douglas-Home met and discussed the Middle East and disarmament.^[179] In this sphere of foreign policy, Douglas-Home was widely judged a success.^[178]

In negotiations on the future of Rhodesia Douglas-Home was less successful. He was instrumental in persuading the rebel leader, Yan Smit, to accept proposals for a transition to African majority rule.^[180] Douglas-Home set up an independent commission chaired by a senior British judge, Lord Pearce, to investigate how acceptable the proposals were to majority opinion in Rhodesia. After extensive fieldwork throughout Rhodesia, the commission reported, "We are satisfied on our evidence that the proposals are acceptable to the great majority of Europeans. We are equally satisfied ... that the majority of Africans rejected the proposals. In our opinion the people of Rhodesia as a whole do not regard the proposals as acceptable as a basis for independence."^[181] To Douglas-Home's disappointment there was no resolution, and Rhodesia remained a rebel regime long after he left office.^[182]

Retirement and death (1974–95)

Home, photographed by Allan Uorren, in 1986

Da 1974 yil fevral oyida umumiy saylovlar the Heath government was narrowly defeated. Douglas-Home, then aged 70, stepped down at the second election of that year, called in October by the minority Labour government in the hope of winning a working majority. He returned to the House of Lords at the end of 1974 when he accepted a hayot tengdoshi, becoming known as Baron Home of Hirsel, ning Coldstream ichida Bervik okrugi.^[183]

Between 1977 and 1989 Home was Governor of Men Zingari, the nomadic cricket team.^[184] In retirement he published three books: The Way The Wind Blows (1976), described by Hurd as "a good-natured autobiography, with perhaps more anecdotes than insights", Border Reflections (1979),^[185] and his correspondence with his grandson Metyu Darbi, Nabiraga maktublar (1983).^[186] In the 1980s Home increasingly spent his time in Scotland, with his family. He was a keen fisherman and enjoyed shooting. Hurd writes that "there was no sudden moment when he abandoned politics", rather that "his interventions became fewer and fewer".^[35] His last speech in the House of Lords was in 1989, when he spoke against Hurd's proposals for prosecuting war criminals living in Britain: "After such a lapse of time justice might not be seen to be done. It would be dangerous to rely on memories of events that occurred so long ago. It was too late to reopen the issue."^[187] His withdrawal from public affairs became more marked after the death of his wife in 1990, after 54 years of marriage.^[35]

Home died at the Hirsel in October 1995 when he was 92, four months after the death of his parliamentary opponent Garold Uilson. These two former prime ministers have the distinction of being the only ones who were both born in and died in the 20th century. Home was buried in Lennel churchyard, Coldstream.^[188]

Obro'-e'tibor

Statue of Douglas-Home at Xirsel by sculptor Professor Bill Scott, unveiled in 1998.^[189]

Home's premiership was short and not conspicuous for radical innovation. Hurd remarks, "He was not capable of Macmillan's flights of imagination", but he was an effective practical politician.^[35] At the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Foreign Office he played an important role in helping to manage Britain's transition from imperial power to European partner. Both Thorpe and Hurd quote a memo that Macmillan wrote in 1963, intended to help the Queen choose his successor:

Lord Home is clearly a man who represents the old governing class at its best ... He is not ambitious in the sense of wanting to scheme for power, although not foolish enough to resist honour when it comes to him ... He gives that impression by a curious mixture of great courtesy, and even if yielding to pressure, with underlying rigidity on matters of principle. It is interesting that he has proved himself so much liked by men like President Kennedy and Mr Rusk and Mr Gromyko. This is exactly the quality that the class to which he belongs have at their best because they think about the question under discussion and not about themselves.^[190]

Douglas Hurd, once Home's private secretary, and many years later his successor (after seven intermediate holders of the post) as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, wrote this personal comment: "The three most courteous men I knew in politics were Lord Home, Iordaniya qiroli Xusseyn va Prezident Nelson Mandela. All three had ease of birth, in the sense that they never needed to worry about who they themselves were and so had more time to concern themselves with the feelings of others."^[35]

Although some in the Conservative party agreed with Wilson (and Jo Grimond, the Liberal leader) that the Conservatives would have won the 1964 election if Butler had been Prime Minister, The Times observed, "it should not be overlooked that in October 1963 Home took over a Government whose morale was shattered and whose standing in the opinion polls was abysmal. A year later Labour won the general election, with an overall majority of only four seats. That [Home] recovered so much ground in so short a time was in itself an achievement." However, looking back across Home's career, The Times considered that his reputation rested not on his brief premiership, but on his two spells as Foreign Secretary: "He brought to the office ... his capacity for straight talking, for toughness towards the Soviet Union and for firmness (sometimes interpreted as a lack of sympathy) towards the countries of Africa and Asia. But he brought something else as well: an unusual degree of international respect."^[4]

Cabinet (1963–64)

The Home cabinet, announced on 20 October 1963, was:^[191]

• Lord Home [Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 23 October]: Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
• R A Butler: Tashqi ishlar bo'yicha davlat kotibi
• Kvintin Xogg: Lord Kengashning Prezidenti and Minister for Science
• Lord Dilhorne: Lord Kantsler
• Reginald Modling: Bosh vazirning kansleri^[192]
• Genri Bruk: Ichki ishlar vazirligi davlat kotibi
• Duncan Sandys: Mustamlakalar bo'yicha davlat kotibi va Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
• Edvard Xit: Sanoat, savdo va mintaqaviy rivojlanish bo'yicha davlat kotibi va Savdo kengashi prezidenti
• Piter Tornekroft: Mudofaa vaziri
• Selvin Lloyd: Lord Privy Seal
• Lord Blakenxem: Lankaster knyazligi
• Kristofer Soames: Qishloq xo'jaligi, baliqchilik va oziq-ovqat vaziri
• Ernest Marples: Transport vaziri
• John Boyd-Carpenter: G'aznachilikning bosh kotibi va Bosh to'lovchi
• Michael Noble: Shotlandiya bo'yicha davlat kotibi
• Ser Edvard Boyl: Ta'lim vaziri
• Jozef Godber: Mehnat vaziri
• Ser Keyt Jozef: Uy-joy va mahalliy boshqaruv vaziri and Minister for Welsh Affairs
• Frederick Erroll: Quvvat vaziri
• Entoni Barber: Sog'liqni saqlash vaziri
• Jefri Rippon: Jamoat qurilishi va ishlash vaziri
• W F Deedes: Portfelsiz vazir
• Lord Karrington: Minister without Portfolio, Lordlar palatasining rahbari

O'zgarishlar

• April 1964: Quintin Hogg became Secretary of State for Education and Science. Sir Edward Boyle left the cabinet. The post of Minister of Defence became Mudofaa bo'yicha davlat kotibi with Thorneycroft retaining it.

Ajdodlar

Qurollar

Coat of arms of Alec Douglas-Home

Crest 1st, On a Cap of Maintenance Proper a Lion's Head erased Argent (Home); 2nd, On a Cap of Maintenance Proper a Salamander Vert encircled with Flames of Fire Proper (Douglas) . Eskutcheon Quarterly, 1st and 4th grandquarterly, 1st and 4th, Vert a Lion rampant Argent armed and langued Gules (Home); 2nd and 3rd, Argent three Popinjays Vert beaked and membered Gules (Pepdie of Dunglas); over all an Inescutcheon Or charged with an Orle Azure (Landale); 2nd and 3rd grandquarterly, 1st, Azure a Lion rampant Argent armed and langued Gules crowned with an Imperial Crown Or (Lordship of Galloway); 2nd, Or a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure debruised of a Ribbon Sable (Abernethy); 3rd, Argent three Piles Gules (Lordship of Brechin); 4th, Or a Fess chequy Azure and Argent surmounted of a Bend Sable charged with three Buckles of the Field (Stewart of Bonkill); over all on an Inescutcheon Argent a Man's Heart Gules ensigned with an Imperial Crown Proper and a Chief Azure charged with three Mullets of the Field (Douglas). Qo'llab-quvvatlovchilar On either side a Lion Argent armed and langued Azure . Shiori (Above the first crest) A Home, a Home, a Home; (Above the second crest) Jamais arrière (Never behind); (Below the arms) True to the end.

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• Hansard 1803–2005: Lord Hirsel of Home tomonidan parlamentdagi hissalari
• Lord Dunglass (Alec Duglas-Home) KriketArxiv
• Urushdan keyingi dunyodagi bosh vazirlar: Alek Duglas-Uy, ma'ruza D. R. Torp da Gresham kolleji, 2007 yil 24-may (audio yoki video fayl sifatida yuklab olish mumkin)
• Aleksandr Frederik Duglas-Uy portretlari, Baron uyi Hirsel da Milliy portret galereyasi, London
• "Alec Duglas-Home-ga tegishli arxiv materiallari". Buyuk Britaniya milliy arxivlari.
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