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Lady Dorothy Evelyn Macmillan GBE (née Cavendish; 28 July 1900 – 21 May 1966) was an English socialite and the third daughter of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. She was the spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom between 1957 and 1963, as the wife of Harold Macmillan.
From 1930, Boothby had a long affair with Lady Dorothy Macmillan, wife of the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan (prime minister from 1957 to 1963). He was rumoured to be the father of the youngest Macmillan daughter, Sarah, although the 2010 biography of Harold Macmillan by D. R. Thorpe discounts Boothby's paternity.
The Macmillan Diaries Vol II: Prime Minister and After 1957–1966 (London: Macmillan, 2011) ISBN 1-405-04721-6 Macmillan burned his diary for the climax of the Suez Affair, supposedly at Eden's request, although in Campbell's view more likely to protect his own reputation.
Lady Ann Caroline Faber (née Macmillan; 29 August 1923 – 14 September 2016) was the daughter of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (created Earl of Stockton in 1984) and his wife, Lady Dorothy Macmillan. [2] She was the second of their four children, and their last surviving child.
The following articles concern the men and women who have been married to the prime minister of the United Kingdom See also the preceding Category:Spouses of prime ministers of Great Britain Pages in category "Spouses of prime ministers of the United Kingdom"
Harold Macmillan, formerly Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, was chosen over Rab Butler as the new party leader and consequently as Prime Minister. Harold Macmillan tried to placate Butler, who had stood against Macmillan as leader, by appointing him to the senior position of Home Secretary .
Macmillan's successor as prime minister was Lord Home, who renounced his peerage and served as Sir Alec Douglas-Home. [144] In the October 1964 general election the Conservative Party was narrowly defeated, and Wilson became prime minister. [145]
[5] On Macmillan’s appointment as Secretary of State for Defence in late 1954, he was offered the use of Dorneywood by then-prime minister, Winston Churchill. Macmillan declined, and subsequently made little use of Chevening in his time as Foreign Secretary, or Chequers as prime minister. He preferred his own home and "Lady Dorothy doesn't ...