Viscount Eccles is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Viscountcy was bestowed in 1964 on David Eccles, a politician who served as Member of Parliament, Minister of Works, Minister of Education and President of the Board of Trade during his career. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... The Board of Trade is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions. ...
The family seat is Moulton Hall, near Richmond, North Yorkshire. The town of Richmond as seen from the top of the keep of Richmond Castle Richmond is an attractive Georgian market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire. ...
1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles PC KCVO (September 18, 1904–February 24, 1999) was a British peer. ...
Eccles was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.
Eccles was elected Member of Parliament for Chippenham in a wartime by-election in 1943, a seat he held until 1962.
In 1962 he was raised to the peerage as BaronEccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire, and in 1964 he was created Viscount Eccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire.
Viscount Eccles, of Chute in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The Viscountcy was bestowed in 1964 on David Eccles, a Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament, Minister of Works, Minister of Education and President of the Board of Trade during his career.
The present Lord Eccles and his family are life tenants of Moulton Hall, Moulton, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, a 17th-century house, the property of the National Trust.
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