Maurice Macmillan
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Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (27 January 1921–10 March 1984) was a Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Harold Macmillan (who was Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963) and the former Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire.
Macmillan was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. He served with the Sussex Yeomanry in Europe in World War II. Like his father, he was Chairman of Macmillan Publishers, as well as a director of two news agencies.
Macmillan contested Seaham at the 1945 election, Lincoln in 1951 and Wakefield at a 1954 by-election. He served on Kensington Borough Council 1949-53. He was elected MP for Halifax at the 1955 election but lost this seat in 1964. He was then elected for Farnham at a 1966 by-election. This latter seat became South West Surrey at the 1983 general election. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1970-72, Secretary of State for Employment 1972-73 and Paymaster General 1973-74 under Edward Heath. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1972.
Macmillan married The Honourable Katharine Ormsby-Gore, a daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech, on 22 August 1942. They had four sons and a daughter:
- The Hon. Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, later styled Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, later 2nd Earl of Stockton (b. 10 October 1943)
- The Hon. Joshua Edward Andrew Macmillan (1945-1965)
- The Hon. Adam Julian Robert Macmillan (b. 1948)
- The Hon. Rachel Mary Georgia Macmillan (1955-1987)
- The Hon. David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan (b. 1957)
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