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What did Alec Douglas-Home do after serving as Prime Minister?

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After the Conservative defeat in Oct., 1964, he led the opposition until July, 1965. During his term as Conservative party leader, reforms gave the party's members of Parliament the power to elect the party leader. Douglas-Home was foreign secretary (1970-74) under Edward Heath . He retained his seat in Commons until 1974, when he was created a life peer.

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