George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Dunbar
KG PC
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
1603–1606
Preceded byJohn Fortescue
Succeeded bySir Julius Caesar
Personal details
Born1556
Died20 January 1611 (aged 54-55)
Quartered arms Sir George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, KG (Quarterly 1st and 4th Vert a lion rampant Argent for Hume; 2nd Argent three popinjays Vert beaked and membered Gules for Pepdie; 3rd Argent three escutcheons Vert; an inescutcheon of pretence Gules a lion rampant Argent on a border also Argent eight roses Gules)

George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, KG, PC (ca. 1556 – 20 January 1611) was, in the last decade of his life, the most prominent and most influential Scotsman in England. His work lay in the King's Household and in the control of the State Affairs of Scotland and he was the King's chief Scottish advisor. With the full backing and trust of King James he travelled regularly from London to Edinburgh via Berwick-upon-Tweed.