U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Douglas-Home wuxuu ku dhashay Mayfair, London, wuxuu ahaa kii ugu horreeyay toddobo carruur ah oo ay dhaleen Lord Dunglass (wiilka ugu da'da weyn ee The 12th Earl of Home) iyo xaaskiisa, Lady Lilian Lambton (gabadh The 4th Earl of Durham). Magaca ugu horeeya ee wiilka waxaa loo soo gaabiyay "Alec". Waxaa ka mid ahaa carruurta yar yar ee lammaanaha ahaa qoraaga riwaayadaha William Douglas-Home. Sanadkii 1918 kii 12aad ee Earl of Home ayaa dhintay, Dunglass ayaa ku guuleystay isaga oo ku jira gobolka, cinwaanka sharafta lehna wuxuu u gudbay Alec Douglas-Home, oo loo qaabeeyey Lord Dunglass ilaa 1951. Lord Dunglass oo dhalinyaro ah wuxuu wax ku bartay Ludgrove School, waxaana ku xigay Eton College. Isagoo jooga Eton waxaa ka mid ahaa Cyril Connolly, oo markii dambe ku tilmaamay:  Su'aal: Halkee ayuu ku dhashay Douglas-Home?
Magaalada Mayfair ee London