 In July 1951 the 13th earl died . Dunglass succeeded him , inheriting the title of Earl of Home together with the extensive family estates , including the Hirsel , the Douglas @-@ Homes ' principal residence . The new Lord Home took his seat in the Lords ; a by @-@ election was called to appoint a new MP for Lanark , but it was still pending when Attlee called another general election in October 1951 . The Unionists held Lanark , and the national result gave the Conservatives under Churchill a small but working majority of seventeen . 
