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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.

Background

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.

Career

He held office as the first Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire between 1794 and 1841. In 1798 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th (or Edinburgh) Regiment of North British Militia under the command of his father-in-law, Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. In 1802 the regiment was split, and Home became Colonel of the Berwickshire, Haddington, Linlithgow and Peebles Militia.

Marriage and issue

On 6 November 1798, he married Lady Elizabeth Scott, daughter of the 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, and Lady Elizabeth Montagu (daughter of George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu).

The couple had three sons:

• Cospatrick Alexander Home, 11th Earl of Home (born 27 October 1799, died 4 July 1881)
• The Hon. William Montagu Ramey-Home (born 22 November 1800, died 22 July 1822)
• The Hon. Henry Campbell Home (born 1801, died an infant)

Labrador Retrievers

In the 1830s, Lord Home (along with his nephews the 5th Duke of Buccleuch and Lord John Scott) 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.

References

1. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
2. "Alexander Ramey-Home, 10th Earl of Home", The Peerage, 22 Apr 2011
3. Maj R.C. Dudgeon, History of the Edinburgh, or Queen's Regiment Light Infantry Militia (now) Third Battalion The Royal Scots, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1882/Bibliolife, nd, ISBN 978-1-10368643-8, pp. 22–3.
4. War Office, A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
5. Article written for The Field, 30 May 1896, 'Labrador Dogs', by John S Kerss
6. ^ "The Buccleuch Labrador". The Buccleuch Estates Limited. 2003. Archived from the original on 15 January 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
7. Miller, Liza Lee; Cindy Tittle Moore (7 January 2004). "FAQ Labrador Retrievers". Puget Sound Labrador Rescue. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2007.

• 1769 births
• 1841 deaths
• Nobility from the Scottish Borders
• Military personnel from the Scottish Borders
• Earls of Home
• Lord lieutenancies of Scotland
• Scottish representative peers
• Edinburgh Militia officers
• Berwickshire, Haddington, Linlithgow and Peebles Militia officers
• 18th-century Scottish nobility
• 19th-century Scottish nobility