The Right Honourable 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. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (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. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Duke of Devonshire As Governor General The Most Noble Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (London May 31, 1868–May 6, 1938 Chatsworth House), was a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire (1891-1908), Governor General of Canada (1916-1921), and Colonial Secretary (1922-1924). ...

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. The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ... College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister College St Johns Master Andrew Graham JCR President Jack Hawkins Undergraduates 403 Graduates 228 Homepage Boatclub Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately-held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. ...

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 UK general election, 1983. 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. Location within the British Isles Seaham is a small town in County Durham that grew up around a harbour on the North Sea coast of north-east England. ... The British general election of 1945 held on July 5th 1945 but not counted and declared until July 26, 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ... Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. ... The 1951 election was held soon after the UK general election, 1950, which Labour won, but got an unusable majority. ... For other uses of the word, see Wakefield (disambiguation). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... Kensington is an area to the west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Halifax is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, northern England, with a population of about 90,000. ... The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on May 26, 1955, four years after the previous general election. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Farnham is a small town (pop. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Surrey South West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The general election of June 9, 1983 gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a junior position in the British Cabinet. ... Minister of Labour re-directs here. ... Paymaster-General is a ministerial position in UK. Former holders of this post include: Lord John Russell 1830-1834 Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt 1834-1835 Sir Henry Brook Parnell 1835-1841 Edward John Stanley 1841 Sir Edward Knatchbull 1841-1845 William Bingham Baring 1845-1846 Thomas Babington Macaulay 1846-1848... The Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG , MBE (July 9, 1916 – July 17, 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

Macmillan married The Hon. Katharine Ormsby-Gore, a daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech, on 22 August 1942. They had four sons and a daughter: William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech (born April 11, 1885, London; died February 14, 1964, London), British Conservative politician and banker. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ...

• 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)

Upon his father's elevation to the peerage on 10 February 1984 as Earl of Stockton, he acquired the courtesy title Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden. He died suddenly on 12 March 1984, aged 63. His son, Alexander, succeeded as 2nd Earl of Stockton on the death of the 1st Earl. He was for a time the owner of Highgrove. Alexander Daniel Allan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born October 10, 1943) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... Earl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1984, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, of Chelwood Gate in the County of East Sussex and of Stockton-on-Tees in the County of Cleveland, which is the courtesy title... A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... This page is about the year 1984. ... Alexander Daniel Allan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born October 10, 1943) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. ... Highgrove is the country home of HRH The Prince of Wales, in Gloucestershire. ...