Name Katharine Viscountess | ||
Full Name Katharine Margaret Alice Ormsby-Gore Born 4 January 1921 (age 103) ( 1921-01-04 ) Spouse Maurice Macmillan (m. 1942) Parents William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech Children Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton Grandchildren Daniel Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, Lady Rebecca Macmillan, Lady Louisa Macmillan Similar People Maurice Macmillan, Harold Macmillan, Alexander Macmillan - 2nd Earl, Miranda Macmillan, David Ormsby‑Gore - 5th Baron | ||
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 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.
She died on 22 January 2017.