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George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar, KG , PC (d. 1611) was Chancellor of the Exchequer (and ex officio the Second Lord of the Treasury) from 1603 to 1606. In 1605, he was created a Knight of the Garter and Earl of Dunbar.

Home early established himself as a favourite at the court of King James VI, and upon the accession of the latter as James I of England in 1603, he would join his master in London, assuming the title of Lord Berwick. There is evidence that he participated in the interrogation of Guy Fawkes in the immediate aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

In 1608, Home journeyed to Scotland with George Abbot (Archbishop of Canterbury) to arrange for a union between the Church of England and Church of Scotland. King James was pleased with the results, although the hoped-for Union never occurred. In both Scotland and England, Home would involve himself in political affairs, serving as the king's right-hand man, dispensing justice at gaol deliveries on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish frontier. With the full backing and trust of James, he made an impressive - yet brief - career, veering from London to Edinburgh via Berwick-upon-Tweed with astonishing regularity.

The title of Earl of Dunbar became extinct in 1611 when Home died. The title has not been created again since then, but there are two other peerages with similar names: Lord of Dunbar and Viscount of Dunbar.

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• George Home, 1st Earl of Dunbar

Political offices
Preceded by: John Fortescue	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1603–1606	Succeeded by: Sir Julius Caesar
Honorary Titles
Preceded by: Vacant	Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Westmorland jointly with The Earl of Cumberland, The Earl of Suffolk and The Lord Clifford 1607–1611	Succeeded by: The Earl of Cumberland, The Earl of Suffolk and The Lord Clifford
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by: New Creation	Earl of Dunbar 1605–1612	Succeeded by: Extinct

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