- Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden
Katharine Macmillan, Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden, DBE (born as The Honourable Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore on
4 January 1921 ) is the daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech and granddaughter of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury.On
22 August 1942 , she married Conservative politicianMaurice Macmillan . They had five children together:
* 1) Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 1943)
* 2)The Honourable Joshua Edward Andrew Macmillan (1945-1965)
* 3)The Honourable Adam Julian Robert Macmillan (born 1948)
* 4)The Honourable Rachel Mary Georgia Macmillan (1955-1987)
* 5)The Honourable David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan (born 1957)She was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1968 and was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1974. She became Viscountess Macmillan of Ovenden in February 1984 when her
father-in-law , former British prime ministerHarold Macmillan , accepted a peerage and was createdEarl of Stockton . Her husband died the following month, so never inherited the earldom from his father.
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