Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden
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The Honourable Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden DBE |
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| Born |
Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore 4 January 1921 |
| Died | 22 January 2017 (aged 96) |
| Spouse(s) | Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden |
| Children |
Joshua Macmillan Julian Macmillan Rachel Macmillan David Macmillan |
| Parents |
William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech Beatrice Gascoyne-Cecil |
Katharine Margaret Alice Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, DBE (née Ormsby-Gore; 4 January 1921 – 22 January 2017), styled The Honourable Katharine Ormsby-Gore from 1938 to 1942, The Honourable Katharine Macmillan from 1974 to 1984, and The Honourable Dame Katharine Macmillan from 1974 to 1984, was the daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech 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 . Her husband died the following month, so never inherited the earldom from his father; and she became Dowager Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden.
She died on 22 January 2017.
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