Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden

Katharine Margaret Alice Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden DBE (née Ormsby-Gore; 4 January 1921 – 22 January 2017) was the daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech[1], granddaughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury and great-granddaughter of the 10th Marquess of Huntly.


Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden

Personal details
Born
Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore

(1921-01-04)4 January 1921
Died22 January 2017(2017-01-22) (aged 96)
Spouse(s)Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
ChildrenAlexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
Joshua Macmillan
Adam Macmillan
Rachel Macmillan
David Macmillan
ParentsWilliam Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
Lady Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil

On 22 August 1942, she married Conservative politician Maurice Macmillan, making her the daughter-in-law of fellow Conservative politician Harold Macmillan, who would serve as prime minister from 1957 to 1963.

They had five children together:

She was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1968 and was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1974. She became Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden in February 1984 when her father-in-law, former British prime minister Harold Macmillan, accepted a peerage and was created Earl of Stockton. Her husband died the following month, so never inherited the earldom from his father.

She died on 22 January 2017.[2]

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