17 ene 1963 año - Sir Alec DouglasHome is handed the party leadership in controversial circumstances.
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 The last aristocrat to lead the Conservatives Scottish Earl Sir Alec DouglasHome emerged as the compromise candidate during a bitter party conference in Blackpool which saw Macmillan's sudden resignation. He led the party to a narrow 1964 election defeat against Harold Wilsons Labour Party. 
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17 ene 1963 año
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