Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born
October 10 1943) is a
Conservative Party politician in the
United Kingdom. He was a member of the
European Parliament for
South West England from
1999 to
2004.
He was one of the hereditary peers to have been excluded from the
House of Lords. He inherited his peerage from his grandfather,
Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
1957 to
1963. Both his father
Maurice Macmillan (
1920-
1984) and his grandfather preceded him as Chairman of
Macmillan Publishers Ltd., the publishing house long owned by the family. The 2nd Earl sold it to the German
Holtzbrinck group. He ranked 127th in the
Sunday Times Rich List 2004, with an estimated wealth of £326m.
* 1)
Hélène Birgette Hamilton, in
1970 and they were divorced in
1991. There were three children of this marriage:
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Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (b.
9 October 1974)
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Lady Rebecca Elizabeth Macmillan (b.
1980)
**
Lady Louisa Alexandra Macmillan (b.
1982)
* 2)
Miranda Quarry, (the third wife of
Peter Sellers), on
23 December 1995*
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