 Between 1977 and 1989 Home was Governor of I Zingari , the nomadic cricket team . In retirement he published three books : The Way The Wind Blows ( 1976 ) , described by Hurd as " a good @-@ natured autobiography , with perhaps more anecdotes than insights " , Border Reflections ( 1979 ) , and his correspondence with his grandson Matthew Darby , Letters to a Grandson ( 1983 ) . In the 1980s Home increasingly spent his time in Scotland , with his family . He was a keen fisherman and enjoyed shooting . Hurd writes that " there was no sudden moment when he abandoned politics " , rather that " his interventions became fewer and fewer . " His last speech in the House of Lords was in 1989 , when he spoke against Hurd 's proposals for prosecuting war criminals living in Britain : " After such a lapse of time justice might not be seen to be done . It would be dangerous to rely on memories of events that occurred so long ago . It was too late to reopen the issue . " His withdrawal from public affairs became more marked after the death of his wife in 1990 , after 56 years of marriage . 
