Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born October 10, 1943) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a member of the European Parliament for South West England from 1999 to 2004. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... Sign in the entrance of the European Parliament building in Brussels, written in all the official languages used in the European Union as of July 2006 The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The debating chamber, or hemicycle, in Strasbourg The European Parliament building in Brussels The European Parliament (formerly European... South West England is one of the regions of England. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He was one of the hereditary peers to have been excluded from the House of Lords. He inherited his peerage from his grandfather, Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Both his father Maurice Macmillan (1920-1984) and his grandfather preceded him as Chairman of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., the publishing house long owned by the family. The 2nd Earl sold it to the German Holtzbrinck group. He ranked 127th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £326m. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986), nicknamed Supermac and Mac the Knife, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. ... The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The Rt. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. ... Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group is a Stuttgart-based publishing giant which owns publishing companies worldwide. ... Since 1989 the British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times (sister paper to The Times) has published an annual supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List. ...

Marriages

• 1) Hélène Birgitte Hamilton, in 1970 and they were divorced in 1991. There were three children of this marriage:
  • Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (b. 9 October 1974)
  • Lady Rebecca Elizabeth Macmillan (b. 1980)
  • Lady Louisa Alexandra Macmillan (b. 1982)

• 2) Miranda Quarry, (the third wife of Peter Sellers), on 23 December 1995

(Hélène) Birgitte Bitta Macmillan née Hamilton, who is now known as Birgitte, Countess of Stockton was the first wife of Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (married 1970, divorced 1991). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (born 1974) is the heir to Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miranda, Countess of Stockton (Miranda Elizabeth Louise Quarry) (born 1948) was an Australian glamour model, who is now known as the Countess of Stockton. ... Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Official site