17 jan 1963 ano - 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.