Jamie Douglas-Home was a racehorse trainer, author and journalist. Born in Edinburgh, he inherited his love of racing, the countryside and writing from his father, playwright and politician William Douglas-Home, brother of the prime minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home. He was educated in England at Eton and Bristol University, where he studied History and Archaeology.
After a successful career as a racehorse trainer in the 1970s and 80s, he moved on to racing journalism, where he became one of the UK's most-respected racing correspondents, contributing regularly to magazines such as Racing Post and Country Life magazine. He established a reputation as a witty writer and was a popular writer for The Field and The Oldie magazine and also authored several books.
Publications
O'Mara Books
Stately Passions
Jamie Douglas-Home
The story of Britain's great stately homes and the scandals, predominately sexual, which the owners and their families have been involved in from the sixteenth century to the present day.
