Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden

The Honourable
Dowager Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden
DBE
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Born Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore
(1921-01-04) 4 January 1921
Spouse(s) Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
Children Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
Joshua Macmillan
Julian Macmillan
Rachel Macmillan
David Macmillan
Parents William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil

Katharine Macmillan, Dowager Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, DBE (born The Honourable Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore; 4 January 1921) is the daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech[1] and granddaughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury.

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; and she became Dowager Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden.

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