Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameRachel Leila BRAND, 27TH BARONESS DACRE, 6533
Birth1929
MotherLeila Emily SEELY , 1974 (1900-1996)
Spouses
Marriage1951
ChildrenJames Thomas Archibald , 6673 (1952-2014)
 Sarah , 6677
 Gian Leila , 6742
 Dinah Lilian , 6743
Notes for Rachel Leila BRAND, 27TH BARONESS DACRE
Rachel Leila Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre (née Brand, 24 October 1929) is a British peeress, daughter of Thomas Brand, 4th Viscount Hampden & 26th Baron Dacre and Leila Emily Seely, a granddaughter of Sir Charles Seely, 1st Baronet, and a great-great granddaughter of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford.
She is a great granddaughter of William Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch and through him a direct descendant of Charles II of England.

On 26 July 1951, she married the Hon. William Douglas-Home, son of the 13th Earl of Home, and younger brother of the future Prime Minister and 14th Earl of Home, Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

They had four children:
Hon. James Thomas Archibald Douglas-Home (b. 16 May 1952), married Christine Stephenson and had one daughter.
Sarah Douglas-Home (b. 4 July 1954), married Nicholas Dent.
Gian Leila Douglas-Home (b. 23 June 1958)
Hon. Dinah Douglas-Home (b. 1964), married Harry Marriott.

In 1970, the abeyance of her father's barony of Dacre was terminated in her favour.
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