Robin Douglas-Home

Cecil Robin Douglas-Home (8 May 1932 – 15 October 1968) was a Scottish aristocrat, jazz pianist and author.

Robin Douglas-Home was the eldest son of the Honourable Henry Douglas-Home from his first marriage to Lady Margaret Spencer. His uncle was the former British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his younger brother Charles Douglas-Home was the editor of The Times.

Douglas-Home was a jazz pianist and a leading society figure during the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1950s he had a relationship with Princess Margaretha of Sweden but according to the press they were refused permission to marry by her mother, Princess Sibylla, notwithstanding a subsequent statement from King Gustaf VI Adolf saying, "The King has not imposed any ban on the marriage in question".^[1] However, Princess Margaretha's nanny and confidante Ingrid Björnberg states categorically in her memoirs that the breakup of the couple was not due to Princess Sibylla refusing to permit them to marry, but because Princess Margaretha did not wish to marry him.^[2]

Douglas-Home married the fashion model Sandra Paul in 1959 and they had a son in 1962, Sholto. The couple were divorced in 1965 coinciding with his romance with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. His divorce was the subject of a BBC television documentary by Alan Whicker.

Douglas-Home was author of an authorised biography of Frank Sinatra (1962) and published four novels, including Hot for Certainties (1964) which won the Author's Club First Novel Award. He also wrote a number of articles for journals and magazines such as Queen and Woman's Own.

Douglas-Home committed suicide in 1968, aged 36, having suffered for some years from clinical depression.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robin Douglas-Home

16. Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home               8. Charles Douglas-Home, 12th Earl of Home                       17. Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Montagu-Scott               4. Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home                             18. Cpt. Charles Conrad Grey               9. Maria Grey                       19. Caroline Nesbit Macan               2. Hon. Henry Douglas-Home                                   20. George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham               10. Frederick Lambton, 4th Earl of Durham                       21. Lady Beatrix Frances Hamilton               5. Lady Lillian Lambton                             22. John Bulteel               11. Beatrix Bulteel                       23. Euphemia Emily Parsons               1. Robin Douglas-Home                                         24. George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer               12. Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer                       25. Lady Lavinia Bingham               6. Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer                             26. Col. Sir Horace Seymour               13. Adelaide Seymour                       27. Elizabeth Malet Palk               3. Lady Margaret Spencer                                   28. Henry Baring               14. Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke                       29. Cecilia Anne Windham               7. Hon. Margaret Baring                             30. John Crocker Bulteel               15. Louisa Bulteel                       31. Lady Elizabeth Grey

References

1. "The Princess & the Pianist". Time. 1957-05-20. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
2. Björnberg, Ingrid. 1975. Dagbok från Haga och Stockholms slott. Stockholm: Bonniers. p 163

External links

• Lundy, Darryl. "p10516.htm". The Peerage.