David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles

The Viscount Eccles
Portrait of Eccles by Walter Stoneman, 1953
Paymaster General
In office
20 June 1970 – 5 June 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byHarold Lever
Succeeded byMaurice Macmillan
Minister for the Arts
In office
20 June 1970 – 5 June 1973
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byJennie Lee
Succeeded byNorman St John-Stevas
Minister of Education
In office
14 October 1959 – 13 July 1962
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byGeoffrey Lloyd
Succeeded byEdward Boyle
In office
18 October 1954 – 13 January 1957
Prime MinisterAnthony Eden
Preceded byFlorence Horsbrugh
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg
President of the Board of Trade
In office
13 January 1957 – 14 October 1959
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Succeeded byReginald Maudling
Minister of Works
In office
1 November 1951 – 18 October 1954
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byGeorge Brown
Succeeded byNigel Birch
Member of the House of Lords
Hereditary peerage
13 July 1962 – 24 February 1999
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Eccles
Member of Parliament
for Chippenham
In office
24 August 1943 – 13 July 1962
Preceded byVictor Cazalet
Succeeded byDaniel Awdry
Personal details
Born(1904-09-18)18 September 1904
Died24 February 1999(1999-02-24) (aged 94)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Hon. Sybil Dawson
(m. 1929; died 1977)
(m. 1984)
ChildrenJohn Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
Hon. Simon Eccles
Selina Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
Alma materNew College, Oxford
OccupationPolitician, businessman

David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles CH KCVO PC (18 September 1904 – 24 February 1999), was an English Conservative politician.


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