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Lady Dorothy Macmillan

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 married to Harold Macmillan from 1920 until her death.

Lady Dorothy Macmillan
GBE

Dorothy Evelyn Cavendish

(1900-07-28)28 July 1900

21 May 1966(1966-05-21) (aged 65)

Birch Grove, East Sussex, England

British

Spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1957–1963)

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(m. 1920)​

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(1921–1984), Conservative politician and publisher. Married The Hon Katharine Ormsby-Gore, daughter of the 4th Baron Harlech. His father outlived him by nearly three years.

Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden

(1923–2016). Married Julian Faber; five children.

Lady Caroline Macmillan

(1926–1991). Married Julian Amery (later Baron Amery of Lustleigh), Conservative politician; four children.

Lady Catherine Macmillan

Sarah Macmillan (1930–1970). Married Andrew Heath in 1953; two children. Having had an abortion in 1951, she was unable to have children of her own and the couple adopted two sons.[6] She had an unhappy life, which was blighted by a drinking problem, and died aged only 40, her father outliving her by 16 years.

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Media related to Dorothy Macmillan at Wikimedia Commons

at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Portraits of Lady Dorothy Macmillan