Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (27 January 1921 – 10 March 1984), was a British Conservative Party politician and

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. He was the only son of

Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Cari ...

, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

Background and education

Macmillan was the only son of

, and Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of

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. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served with the

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in Europe in the

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. Like his father, he was chairman of Macmillan Publishers, as well as a director of two news agencies.

Political career

Macmillan contested Seaham at the 1945 election, Lincoln in 1951 and Wakefield at a 1954 by-election. He served on

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from 1949 to 1953, then was elected MP for Halifax at the 1955 general election but lost this seat in 1964. He was then elected for Farnham in 1966. This latter seat became South West Surrey at the 1983 election. He served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1963–64) under Alec Douglas-Home, and as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1970–72),

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(1972–73) and Paymaster General (1973–74) under Edward Heath. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1972.

Family

Macmillan married the Honourable Katharine Ormsby-Gore, daughter of William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, on 22 August 1942. They had four sons and a daughter: * Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 10 October 1943) *Hon. Joshua Edward Andrew Macmillan (1945–1965) *Hon. Adam Julian Robert Macmillan (1948–2016) *Hon. Rachel Mary Georgia Macmillan (1955–1987) *Hon. David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan (born 1957); married English fashion designer

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in 1995 and has issue. Macmillan was for a time the owner of Highgrove House, which he sold to the Prince of Wales in 1980. Upon his father's elevation to the peerage as Earl of Stockton on 10 February 1984, Macmillan acquired the

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Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden. He held the title for just days, dying in

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, London, on 10 March 1984, following a heart operation. He was 63. His father outlived him by almost three years, dying in December 1986 at the age of 92. Macmillan's son Alexander has held the title 2nd Earl of Stockton since the death of the first Earl.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macmillan, Maurice 1921 births 1984 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Sussex Yeomanry officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies British Secretaries of State Children of prime ministers of the United Kingdom Members of Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council British courtesy viscounts Heirs apparent who never acceded Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Chief Secretaries to the Treasury