Earl of Stockton is a title in the
peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 February 1984 for
Harold Macmillan, the former
Conservative
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prime minister (from 1957 to 1963),
less than three years before his death in 1986.
At the same time a
courtesy title was conferred for the earl's
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
: Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, of Chelwood Gate in the County of
East Sussex and of
Stockton-on-Tees in the
County of Cleveland.
the titles are held by the first holder's grandson, being the second earl, who succeeded in 1986 on his grandfather's death (namely
Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 10 October 1943), styled as Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden between 1984 and 1986, is a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the eldest son ...
, son of
Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, only son of the
first earl, who died in 1984).
The earldom and viscountcy are the most recent
hereditary peerages created outside of the
royal family and the only such titles which survive of the few created since 1965.
The family seat was
Birch Grove
Birch Grove, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England is a country house dating from 1926. It was the family home of the British prime minister Harold Macmillan, Earl of Stockton, who died there in 1986. During Macmillan's time, Charles De Gaulle, ...
, near
Chelwood Gate
Chelwood Gate is a small village within the civil parish of Danehill in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately south-east from the village, just off the A22 road. The village is ne ...
,
East Sussex, but it was sold by the 2nd Earl in 1989.
Earls of Stockton (1984)
*
(Maurice) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894–1986)
*
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 1943)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder's only son,
Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (b. 1974).
Line of succession
* ''
(Maurice) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894–1986)''
**''
Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (1921–1984)''
***
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 1943)
****(1)
Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (b. 1974)
***''Hon. Adam Julian Robert Macmillan (1948–2016)''
****(2) Frederick Maurice Brian Macmillan (b. 1990)
****(3) Joshua Gabriel P. Macmillan (b. 1995)
***(4) Hon. David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan (b. 1957)
****(5) Finn Joshua Marcus Macmillan (b. 1995)
References
Bibliography
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Earldoms in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
1984 establishments in the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1984
Peerages created for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created for UK MPs